The government has decided to install 2,280,000 lakh prepaid gas meters in the country aimed at preventing the wastage of natural gas.
“The government under different projects will install prepaid gas meters to prevent wastage of gas during its use at different holdings,” Energy and Mineral Resources Secretary Abubakar Siddique said yesterday.
He said consumers of the natural gas under these projects would get more financial benefits by using the prepaid gas metres, compared to their use in the previous system.
Officials said 1,500,000 prepaid gas meters would be installed in areas of the Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, while 460,000 lakh others in areas of the Karnaphuli Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited.
Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited will introduce 100,000 prepaid gas metres, while Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Limited will install 220,000 others, reports BSS.
Besides, they said, projects are being implemented to install 200,000 prepaid gas metres for the residential consumers in the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited areas in Dhaka and 60,000 others in the Karnaphuli Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited in Chittagong.
Japan International Cooperation Agency 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.
