Gas disaster!
Once we heard that Bangladesh is floating on gas. The policy makers were so confident about the storage of gas resources that they were considering exporting gas to neighbouring countries. But unfortunately in a few years we have started facing shortage of gas. Supply of gas has been prohibited to newly established industries. The government has informed us that before 2011 it's not possible to provide gas to the newly set up industries. Recently, we have been informed that the load shedding at Chittagong is the highest in the country. But in Sylhet we are not far behind. The main reason behind this is the shortage of gas supply to the electricity power plants.
On the other hand, the authorities have provided licence for establishing CNG filling stations only on political consideration. Automobile owners have converted their vehicles into natural gas operated ones. Now they have to wait hour after hour for getting gas from the filling stations. They always claim that the pressure of gas in the stations is very low. So, they don't get expected gas timely. We are worried about a new experience. That is… we are not getting gas in our homes after 10:00pm. We have to wait till around 8:00am to get the normal pressure of gas.
Please take necessary action to set things right.
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