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Titas to introduce prepaid gas meters for Dhanmondi

UNB, Dhaka
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd will introduce prepaid gas meters for its residential consumers in the city's Dhanmondi area.
Initially, Titas plans to install 5,000 prepaid meters in Dhanmondi area under a pilot project within next two years.
On its success, other areas will be brought under the prepaid metering system.
Like DESCO electricity consumers, gas consumers can buy prepaid rechargeable cards from Titas vendor points accordingly.
For introducing prepaid gas meters, Titas Gas Company yesterday signed an agreement with the Institute of Information and Communication Technology (IICT) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
Titas Company Secretary Abul Bashar and BUET Professor AMM Towfiqul Anwar signed the agreement at the Titas head office.
Energy Secretary Mohammad Mohsin, BUET Vice Chancellor Dr AMM
Shafiullah, Petrobangla Chairman Prof Hossain Mansur, Titas Managing Director Md Abdul Aziz Khan and IICT Director Prof Lutful Kabir were also present.
As per agreement, the IICT of BUET will manufacture and supply the prepaid gas meters for Titas Gas to its Dhanmondi residential consumers at a cost of about Tk 4.5 crore in next two fiscal years.
Each meter will cost Tk 5,800.
Earlier, the IICT of BUET introduced prepaid electricity meters for DESCO power consumers in Uttara.
Titas Managing Director M Abdul Aziz Khan said that such prepaid metering will bring an end to gas consumers' bill-pay hazards.
“Consumers won't need to wait in queue for hours at banks when the prepaid meters are installed."
He also said the new meters will check misuse of gas by the consumers when a crisis is prevailing in gas supply.
Mohsin suggested the Titas Gas management should have interaction with its consumers about prepaid meters so that they can have a positive idea about the newsystem.