Energy Bangla

With insufficient supply against huge demands, a severe gas crisis has set in at many parts of Dhaka City, over the last few days, severely disrupting house hold works as well as the local CNG filling stations.
The gas crisis in the capital and surrounding areas has begun to escalate with gas pressure in the pipeline now too low to cook in many areas during the peak hours in the morning.
Hundreds of residences in different areas in the capital, including Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Shewrapara, Kafrul, East Rajabazar, Pallabi, Kazipara, Taltola, Malibag, Shyamoli, Khilgaon, Kalyanpur, Tejgaon, and Jatrabari were suffering, with the locals having to suspend domestic activities for almost half of the day because of the gas shortage.
Some owners of the CNG-filling stations said they were being forced to shut down because of the low gas pressure, which is resulting in long queues of vehicles and causing traffic congestions on the adjacent roads.
According to Petrobangla, the current demand of gas across the country is 3,000mmcfd while the production stands at 2,317mmcfd.
Managing Director of Titas Gas, Md Nowshad Islam, said: We are trying to overcome the crisis and hopefully, we will be able to do so soon.
Petrobangla officials admitted that a decrease in gas pressure had also created transmission and distribution problems in some areas, especially in the northwestern part of the capital.
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd officials said, The condensation travels through the pipeline with the gas. IN winter because of lower temperature, it gets stuck on the different edges of the pipeline. As a result the pipes get narrow and distribution is hampered. At the same time the domestic consumers increase the use of gas during this season for boiling water and drying cloths.
Titas has around 1,550,000 residential clients and distributes around 1,450 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) against a demand of 2000 mmcfd.