Govt to install 2.28m prepaid gas meters
Friday, 24 July 2015
The government has decided to install 2.28 million prepaid gas meters in the country aimed at preventing the wastage of natural gas, reports BSS.
"The government under different projects will install prepaid gas meters to prevent wastage of gas," Energy and Mineral Resources Secretary Abubakar Siddique told the news agency in the city on Thursday.
He said consumers of the natural gas under these projects would get more financial benefits by using the prepaid gas meters, compared to their use in the previous system.
Officials said 1.5 million prepaid gas meters would be installed in areas of the Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, while 0.46 million others in areas of the Karnaphuli Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited.
Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will introduce 0.10 million prepaid gas meters, while Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Limited will install 0.22 million others.
They said, projects are being implemented to install 0.20 million prepaid gas meters for residential consumers in the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited areas in in the city and 60,000 others in the Karnaphuli Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited in Chittagong.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided finance for implementation of the two projects.
Meanwhile, the officials said, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited has already installed 9,100 prepaid meters under a pilot project in the Titas areas.
They said the government has installed pre- paid metres in different areas on a pilot basis to increase efficiency in the household use of gas.
Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources took the projects to install prepaid metres for prevention of wastage of natural gas.
The primary proposal of the project is now under scrutiny, an official said.