Govt to introduce 0.26m prepaid gas metres in Dhaka, Ctg

The government has decided to introduce 0.26 million prepaid gas metres in the capital city and the commercial capital of the country aimed at preventing the wastage of natural gas, a ministry official said.
 "The government took the two projects to introduce the prepaid gas metres for residential consumers in the two mega cities," Secretary of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Abu Bakar Siddique told BSS Monday.
The total cost for implementation of the two projects is Tk 9.70 billion, of which Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will finance Tk 6.07 billion and the rest of will come from Bangladesh Govern-ment, the secretary said.
He said the two projects are now at the planning ministry for final approval by the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) and Titas will implement its project from July 2014-June 2022 and Karnaphuli from July 2014-2020.
According to the project, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will install 2,00,000 prepaid metres for the residential consumers of Dhaka at a cost of Tk 7.22 billion, while Karnaphuli Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will set up 60,000 metres at a cost of Tk 2.48 billion.