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Textile millers reiterate demand for adequate gas supply

Star Business Report
The textile mill owners yestcr day reiterated their plea for adequate supply of gas to their plants on priority basis to main tain production.
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) President Abdul Hai Sarker, along with the owners of major textile factories, made the plea at a press conference in Dhaka yesterday.
" Gas supply situation in some areas is so bad that the textile factory owners in these areas can hardly run their factories," Sarker said.
The BTMA chief said inade quatc gas supply to the textile
mills would adversely affect the country's export volume, as the country's export of readymade garment depends on the backward linkage of textile industry.
At present, the local textile millers are capable of supplying 90 and 40 percent of the raw materials used in the knitwear and woven sub-sectors, respectively, the industry insiders said. The rest of the demand is met through import, mainly from China.
The BTMA president said textile factories in Kanchpur, Araihazar, Bhulta, Narsingdi, Baburhat and Demra areas are severely affected due to interrupted gas supply.
” We do not want rationing of gas in our plants as the textile mills need 24 hours gas supply for maintaining the production," Sarker said.
At the press conference, Managing Director of Padma Bleaching and Dyeing Limited Ahmed Ali said the gas supply condition in his factory was so severe that he could hardly run his factory.
"Now, I am passing the days in uncertainty wondering whether I can supply the materials to my buyers in time or not as I cannot run my factory round the clock,” he said.
Like Ahmed Ali, many textile factory owners -- operating in Kanchpur-Narsingdi industrial
belt -- complained that they couldn't run their factories due to low gas pressure and its interrupted supply.
Managing Director of Square Textiles Limited Tapan Chowdhury, also a former adviser to the caretaker government, said there is a crisis of gas in the country and many factories are badly affected due to low pressure of gas.
"It is true that all existing factories and new investments in textile sector are affected badly due to interrupted gas supply," he said.
It is the government's responsibility to prioritise sectors for supplying gas, he added.