State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday instructed the Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company (KGDCL) authorities not to provide gas connections to any consumer located at designated areas without legal documents.
“We want to connect all consumers based on proper documents and industries would have to set up at the government’s designated areas,” he said this while discussing various issues of the KGDCL in Chattogram.
He said all the gas consumers will be brought under prepaid meter system, as KGDCL installed 60,000 prepaid meters and installation of another one lakh prepaid meters is underway, BSS reported.
“The government is committed to ensure smooth and improved services to the gas and electricity consumers. We are also taking various initiatives to ensure uninterrupted power and gas supply,” he added.
Mentioning Bailey Road fire incident, that took 46 lives, the state minister warned all his oil and gas companies for taking security measures and ensure fire extinguishers to avoid any untoward situation.
As part of the government campaign for digitization, he inaugurated a data centre for prepaid gas metres under the KGDCL.
The government has implemented the project aimed at building awareness of consumers about gas usage, capacity building of the management along with reducing monitoring cost, he said.
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