Titas Gas building at Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka CollectedThe state-owned entity aims to replace about 5,000km of its distribution pipelinesThe Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd has planned to replace its dilapidated gas pipelines in Dhaka city, with new ones, as well as to introduce smart prepaid metres for consumers, over the next three years. He said most of the pipelines across Dhaka city were installed 35-40 years ago and those pipelines are now dilapidated. Nasrul Hamid said if the new gas pipelines are installed, they will easily be able to trace where the gas is being consumed. Titas Gas company officials said they have around 13,000km of gas transmission and distribution lines in and outside Dhaka city. The Titas Gas company distributes 17,000 million cubic metre (mmcm) for its registered 2.783 million users.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 18, 2019 09:11 UTC