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New industrial gas links from next month

Sangsad told

Staff Correspondent
Good news for the industrialists who have long been waiting for gas connections to their factories.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu yesterday told parliament that the government would start providing new industrial gas links from the next month.
Due to supply crisis, the government stopped giving new connections to industrial units in 2010.
During a questionanswer session in the
House, Bipu said all the illegal gas lines would be disconnected and "tough actions" would be taken against the culprits.
Replying to another query, he said 70 percent households of the country would have gas connections in three years.
Of the total gas production, 41 percent is used to generate power and the government was considering using coal instead of gas for the purpose.
The use of coal will be increased to 53 percent to generate 20,000MW of electricity by2021, Bipu said.
He also claimed that "a slight increase" in the retail power price would not be a "burden on people".
"Rather, it'll will decrease the amount of budgetary support and power subsidies," he argued.
Several power distribution compa-
nies have placed proposals to Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to raise electricity tariffs.
He said the production cost of per unit of electricity isTk 6.33 while it was being sold atTk 4.67. The government gave Tk 6,100 crore as subsidy for the power sector in the 2013-14 fiscal year.
Ona different note,, added the state minister said the government was examining whether fuel used by aircrafts could be sent to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital from Narayanganj through a pipeline.
He said the government would be able to save Tk 20 crore every year this way.
Responding to a question, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said the Board of Investment was working on a new policy for making foreign investment moreeffectivefordevelopingthecountry.