Low gas supply hits city industries, households
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
FE Report
Many parts of the capital city have been in the grip of a shrinking natural gas supply over the last few days from morning to afternoon that has hit industrial activities and household chores and refuelling of vehicles with CNG, sufferers said Tuesday.
Industry and filling station owners and the household people said their daily works have been disrupted severely due to the gas-pressure fall resulting in huge loss for businesses and slow-down of domestic activities.
People from different parts of the mega-city including Mirpur, Pallabi, Kafrul, Kalayanpur, Mohammadpur, Kamalapur, Azimpur, Airport and older parts of the city said they have not been receiving adequate gas supply from morning to evening daily.
The city's gas distributing company Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) has admitted to the crisis, saying it is trying to improve the supply situation.
"A spurt in the growth of consumers thanks to the unusual urbanisation of Dhaka is the major reason for the supply plunge as our old and narrow pipelines cannot distributes gas with adequate pressure to all households," a director at the Titas Gas told the FE.
In addition, unavailability of gas supply from the state-owned energy corporation Petrobangla against the total demand of our clients is another problem behind the gas supply disruption, he said requesting anonymity.
Sahana Rahman, a housewife in the Mirpur-12 area in the city, said she had not been getting gas for her cooker for preparing meals from 8:30am to 3:00pm over the last one week.
"I purchase lunch from restaurants almost every day as my cookers are not letting out flames due to inadequate gas pressure," the glum housewife said.
A garment factory owner at Mirpur said, "my gas-fired boiler does not work due to poor gas pressure causing huge looses to production daily."
"There have been acute problems with the transmission and distribution lines in some areas in the capital for a long time. The company concerned is failing to supply additional gas to its age-old distribution lines against the surging demand," Titas Gas director told the FE.
Besides, the gas pressure in the transmission and distribution systems fall automatically during the winter due to impact of the cold weather on the pipes, he added.
The director added since Petrobangla is also failing to supply adequate gas, Titas Gas is resorting to lower supply to its nearly 1.4 million consumers in Dhaka city and the adjacent districts.
Many parts of the capital city have been in the grip of a shrinking natural gas supply over the last few days from morning to afternoon that has hit industrial activities and household chores and refuelling of vehicles with CNG, sufferers said Tuesday.
Industry and filling station owners and the household people said their daily works have been disrupted severely due to the gas-pressure fall resulting in huge loss for businesses and slow-down of domestic activities.
People from different parts of the mega-city including Mirpur, Pallabi, Kafrul, Kalayanpur, Mohammadpur, Kamalapur, Azimpur, Airport and older parts of the city said they have not been receiving adequate gas supply from morning to evening daily.
The city's gas distributing company Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) has admitted to the crisis, saying it is trying to improve the supply situation.
"A spurt in the growth of consumers thanks to the unusual urbanisation of Dhaka is the major reason for the supply plunge as our old and narrow pipelines cannot distributes gas with adequate pressure to all households," a director at the Titas Gas told the FE.
In addition, unavailability of gas supply from the state-owned energy corporation Petrobangla against the total demand of our clients is another problem behind the gas supply disruption, he said requesting anonymity.
Sahana Rahman, a housewife in the Mirpur-12 area in the city, said she had not been getting gas for her cooker for preparing meals from 8:30am to 3:00pm over the last one week.
"I purchase lunch from restaurants almost every day as my cookers are not letting out flames due to inadequate gas pressure," the glum housewife said.
A garment factory owner at Mirpur said, "my gas-fired boiler does not work due to poor gas pressure causing huge looses to production daily."
"There have been acute problems with the transmission and distribution lines in some areas in the capital for a long time. The company concerned is failing to supply additional gas to its age-old distribution lines against the surging demand," Titas Gas director told the FE.
Besides, the gas pressure in the transmission and distribution systems fall automatically during the winter due to impact of the cold weather on the pipes, he added.
The director added since Petrobangla is also failing to supply adequate gas, Titas Gas is resorting to lower supply to its nearly 1.4 million consumers in Dhaka city and the adjacent districts.