Kafco
Union urges gas supply
Leaders of Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Limited (Kafco) Employees' Union yesterday urged the government to resume supplying gas to the factory to restart production after six months.
If government fails to supply gas immediately it would adversely affect next year's agricultural output, they said.
Union leaders made the request at a press conference held at a local restaurant in Chittagong where Saraf Uddin Kabir, the union's president, read out a written statement.
He said Kafco, which has been running under public private partnership (PPP), has been facing a loss of Tk 8 crore per day as they could not produce due to lack of gas supply.
Kabir said there is a misconception about the company's gas bills payment. Kafco has been paying the bills in accordance with the rise and fall of price of fertilisers in the international market.
Replying to a query, Kabir said it is not possible to arrange gas supply of 45 million cubic feet per day from any other source.
The union's Senior Vice President Md Abu Taher, were present among others.
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