CNG owners' assoc calls for safe use of cylinder
Sunday, 10 February 2008
FE Report
Bangladesh CNG filling station and conversion workshop owners' association Saturday urged the government to take necessary measures for ensuring safe use of CNG cylinder in vehicles.
"We will urge the authorities concerned of the government for required measures to stop illegal conversion of vehicles into compressed natural gas (CNG) ones and use of low-quality equipment including cylinder," Shafiul Islam Kamal, president of CNG owners' association, said at a press conference in the city.
Manoranjan Bhakta, vice president, and Zakir Hossain Nayon, secretary general of the association, were present, among others, on the occasion.
A cylinder needs to be retested after every five years from the date of manufacturing, Kamal said.
He suggested that the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) should issue vehicle fitness certificate only after appropriate test certificate from the manufacturer or from an authorised retesting centre operating in the country.
Kamal stressed the need for regular inspection of cylinders of vehicles to avert casualties.
Bangladesh CNG filling station and conversion workshop owners' association Saturday urged the government to take necessary measures for ensuring safe use of CNG cylinder in vehicles.
"We will urge the authorities concerned of the government for required measures to stop illegal conversion of vehicles into compressed natural gas (CNG) ones and use of low-quality equipment including cylinder," Shafiul Islam Kamal, president of CNG owners' association, said at a press conference in the city.
Manoranjan Bhakta, vice president, and Zakir Hossain Nayon, secretary general of the association, were present, among others, on the occasion.
A cylinder needs to be retested after every five years from the date of manufacturing, Kamal said.
He suggested that the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) should issue vehicle fitness certificate only after appropriate test certificate from the manufacturer or from an authorised retesting centre operating in the country.
Kamal stressed the need for regular inspection of cylinders of vehicles to avert casualties.