Introduce gas meters
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This is in reference to the letter of R.D Qureshi from Dhaka titled 'Price of gas and its wastage' published in The Daily Star on March 14, 2012. He rightly pointed out that increasing gas price will not stop the wastage. He mentioned that the Adviser to the Prime Minister, Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said that domestic users waste gas as they get it cheap, so the price is going up to stop the wastage, and for a double burner cooker, one will have to pay Tk 1000, in place of Tk 450 per month. We are exasperated by this sort of declaration which has no logic in it. R.D. Qureshi said that people will get frustrated over this unwise and unsympathetic move of the government and may give up keeping watch on gas wastage. We think his observation is true to the point. To save gas, the government must install meters, otherwise gas will continue to be wasted. The government has said that 3000 megawatt electricity has been added to the national grid, but we see no sign of it. Load shedding has already started though the weather is not very hot yet. We are afraid to think what is in store for us in the coming days. Never before have we suffered like this. The supply of water, gas and electricity has come down, but the price has gone up, the price of essential commodities are also very high making it difficult for the people to make their ends meet. In addition to the worsening of law and order, people are not feeling safe anywhere. Should not the government give priority to these issues to make peoples' lives a bit easier?
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