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Download PDF Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited suspended gas supply to a major part of Dhaka city for 48 hours from last midnight for repairing the main gas-transmission line at Daudkandi in Comilla.
For suspension of gas supply, about a third of the capital city, particularly the southeastern part, is being directly affected as people of the area are looking for alternative sources of energy for cooking and other purposes.
The affected areas include Postagola, Zurain, Jatrabari, Dhalpur, Bibirbagicha, Gopibagh, Kamlapur, Khilgaon, Basabo, Shahjahanpur, Badda, Rampura, Ulan, Tejgaon Industrial area, Mohakhali, Gulshan, Nayatola, Madhubagh, Santinagar, Siddheswari, Motijheel, Wari, Gendaria, Nawabpur, Sadarghat, Sutrapur, Banglabazar, Bakshibazar, Islampur, Hazaribagh and Azimpur.
Apart from the city areas, gas supply in some adjoining areas, including Sonargaon, Meghnaghat and Rupganj in Narayanganj, Gazaria in Munshiganj, Daudkandi, Homna and Titas in Commilla, and Banchharampur and Kachua in Chandpur came to a halt.
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company and Bakhrabad Gas Company are jointly conducting the repair work on the gas transmission line.
Titas gas officials said Dhaka city gets gas supply from four transmission sources: Demra, Joydevpur, Ashulia and Elenga.
Titas Managing Director M Abullah told the UNB that they are trying to arrange alternative system to keep the supply normal in the city.
“Since this is a major repair work, so we have already alerted people about the non-supply of gas for 48 hours,” he said.
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