Seven more illegal gas connections to industrial units in Fatullah under Narayanganj district were snapped yesterday.

According to a press release by Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petro Bangla), the gas lines were disconnected by a taskforce formed by the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company.

The industrial units whose gas lines were snapped are, Sonargaon Knitting Industries Pvt Ltd, Haji Rasulullah Dyeing, Alimun Dyeing, Printing and Processing Mills, Harun Dyeing, Lovely Dyeing, Noor Textile and Processing, and Cosmic Fabrics Ltd.

Some of the above factories had the illegal connections all through while others obtained the connections illegally after their gas supply had been cut off for non-payment of overdue gas bills, the press release said.

Earlier, the same taskforce had disconnected 19 such illegal gas lines.

Titas saved around Tk four crore worth of gas per month from pilferage due to the illegal line disconnection drive, the release said.