Bangladesh interim government power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said on Friday that no new gas connections would be provided to households.
鈥楨ven if we wait till doomsday, there is no possibility of providing gas connections to households,鈥� he said.
Fouzul Kabir came up with the comments while talking to journalists after visiting two gas wells at Golabganj upazila in Sylhet in the morning.
Stating that the pipeline gas is being wasted in households, he said that had he had the opportunity, he would have turned off the gas connections to all houses in Dhaka as well.
He added that providing gas to houses was a waste when industrial factories were not getting sufficient amount of gas.
鈥楾he government, however, will supply gas cylinders at a low price in areas, including Sylhet, where gas is extracted and liquefied petroleum gas cylinders will be used in houses from now on,鈥� Fouzul said.
The production of about 200 million cubic feet gas is being decreased every year in the country, Fouzul Kabir said, adding that imports of liquefied natural gas, however, have increased.
鈥楽o, efforts are being made to increase gas production to reduce imports,鈥� he said.
The adviser said that 16 million cubic feet of gas was being added to the national grid per day from the Kailashtila-7 and Sylhet-10 gas wells.
Fouzul Kabir inspected Well 7 at Kailashtila Gas Field in the Golabganj municipal area under the upazila, and the rig pad of Kailashtila Well 1 at around 10:00am.
Later, he also inspected the Kailashtila Molecular Sieve Turbo Plant under the same upazila.