Gas Supply To Khulna
Pipeline laying to begin soon
A Tk 1,276 crore Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded project of gas pipeline installation work from Tangail to Khulna via Bheramara in Kushtia is likely to begin soon, a highly placed source of Sundarban Gas Company Limited (SGCL) here said.
Work on installation of 165 metre gas pipeline line from Tangail to Bheramara will cost Tk 664 crore while work on 1,221 kilometre gas pipeline line from Bheramara to Khulna will cost Tk 612 crore. ADB already allocated the fund, SGCL project director (PD) M Kamaluddin Ahmed said.
Power stations and industrial units will get gas on top priority basis, he said. Following gas supply, production cost in mills and factories will considerably come down, he said.
It will also revitalise the second biggest Mongla seaport of the country and export processing zone there, he further said.
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