Gas supply in cylinder
This is in reply to the letters of Mr. AKM Saifuddin and Ms. Anjana published on 20 July 2005. The fact is that it is too late for our finance minister to implement his plan. As we have already used most of our gas reserves. If we cannot explore new gas fields the remaining gas will be finished in 10-15 years. We burn gas worth thousands of taka not only to save one stick of match but also for our carelessness as we pay a fixed amount of money for using an unlimited amount of gas.
Please keep in mind that gas supply via pipeline will be profitable if you can find many customers. But there are many areas in Bangladesh where the number of customers will be 50 % less than expected, which will cause loss to gas companies.
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