Order to file a case if illegal gas connection is found

July 3, 2021

in the land of The government is taking a strict stand against illegal gas-connection. Until now, if illegal connections are found, the distribution companies have only disconnected the connection, and now they will be disconnected and filed a case against the gas users in the court or the police.

 

At the same time, criminal cases and departmental cases will be filed against those who are involved in illegal connections, and the decision was taken at the meeting of the Central Committee regarding the operation of illegal gas-connection and removal of illegal pipelines.

493,389 gas connections were identified from 15th June 2020, and 89000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009000000000 was now unveiled.

 

A member of the committee said that the unmarked connection of illegal connection is at least three times higher in one line or place, the engineers-officers of the distribution companies think that if they want to evict, the local office of the gas companies has the connivance of the local office and the contractors.

Six companies distribute gas in the country, which are Titas, Bakhrabad, Karnaphuli, Jalalabad, Sundarban and Western Gas companies, recently held in the presence of the top officials of the illegal gas-disconnection committee, Additional Secretary of the Energy Department. Abul Mansoor said, especially Titas and Bakhrabad have to be given a long way to be disconnected, illegal connections have been going on in Dhaka and neighboring Narashanganj, Munshiganj, Mamansingh and Gazipur for a long time. People, influential people, contractors and brokers of the related companies are involved in the criminal cases against the culprits, and the illegal cases will be taken and the illegal cases against the culprits.

 

The joint secretary of the cabinet department said that the laws that are in the case of illegal gas-connection disconnection are not being taken into account by the company.

Titus Gas Transmission Ali Iqbal, managing director of the and distribution company, said that a line was blocked a few days ago in view of an information on illegal connections, and it was believed that there could be 10,000 illegal gas connections, but there were more than 20,000 unauthorized connections.