File photo of a gas burner Mahmud Hossain OpuParts of Dhanmondi, Shyamoli, Agargaon, Ashulia, Savar, Aminbazar, Dhamrai, Old Dhaka, Shukrabad, Kalabagan, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Jigatala, Sukrabad, Shankar, Kallyanpur, and Gabtoli areas experienced an acute gas crisisThe gas supply to parts of Dhaka city resumed on Sunday morning, over 24 hours after it had been disrupted by emergency maintenance at a city gas station (CGS) in Ashulia. Titas Gas Company Managing Director Mostofa Kamal said gas distribution through the pipe where a leak had been detected resumed at 8am, and all affected areas should have gas supply by the afternoon. On Friday night, Gas Transmission Company Ltd (GTCL) received a complaint about a gas leak but the technical team was sent to investigate on Saturday morning. GTCL west zone’s General Manager (operations) Abu Sayed Mahmud said they detected a leak on a 20-inch diameter pipeline at the GTCL gas station in Ashulia on Friday. Parts of Dhanmondi, Shyamoli, Agargaon, Ashulia, Savar, Aminbazar, Dhamrai, Old Dhaka, Shukrabad, Kalabagan, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Jigatala, Sukrabad, Shankar, Kallyanpur, and Gabtoli areas experienced an acute gas crisis.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 17, 2019 05:48 UTC