Titas Gas building at Karwan Bazar area of Dhaka CollectedTk1,200cr to be spent to replace 2,000km of gas linesTitas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Lt plans to replace its dilapidated gas pipelines in Dhaka city with new ones, and 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 have already become dilapidated. Various power plants in Chittagong city consume some 200mmcfd of gas and the remaining 200mmcfd of gas is being injected into the Dhaka city network . Introduction of smart prepaid metres also on the cardsNasrul said if the new gas pipelines are installed, they can easily trace the gas movement. Titas Gas company officials said they have some 13,000km of gas transmission and distribution lines in and outside Dhaka city.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 17, 2019 16:41 UTC