Deadline worry as Ctg prepaid gas meter installation yet to begin | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Food
    • Habitat
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • TBS Graduates
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Tech
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Saturday
December 02, 2023

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Banking
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Food
    • Habitat
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • TBS Graduates
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Tech
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 02, 2023
Deadline worry as Ctg prepaid gas meter installation yet to begin

Bangladesh

Jobaer Chowdhury
19 September, 2022, 10:45 pm
Last modified: 20 September, 2022, 02:22 pm

Related News

  • 24 lakh prepaid gas meters on the cards to cut wastage
  • Ecnec approves Tk713cr for smart pre-paid meter installation project 
  • Titas to bring over 28 lakh consumers under prepaid meters system
  • Chinese firm to set up pre-paid meters in Rajshahi, Rangpur

Deadline worry as Ctg prepaid gas meter installation yet to begin

An official says the installation may begin in early 2023 and the project deadline might be extended

Jobaer Chowdhury
19 September, 2022, 10:45 pm
Last modified: 20 September, 2022, 02:22 pm
Photo: unb
Photo: unb

Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited is yet to install a single prepaid gas meter in Chattogram, although the project aiming at providing the pay-as-you-go utility service to one lakh residential customers will expire in June next year.

To prevent wastage and ensure a cost-effective use of natural gas, the company took up the project in February 2021 but has not been able to appoint a contractor so far.

Officials said the appointment of the consultancy firm had mainly caused the implementation delay of the project involving around Tk241 crore. 

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

"If all goes well, meter installation may begin in early 2023. The project will not be completed within the stipulated time. The deadline might be extended," requesting anonymity, a top official of state-owned Petrobangla – the supervisory organisation of Karnaphuli – told The Business Standard.

However, Karnaphuli Managing Director MA Majed is optimistic about the completion of the project within the June 2023 deadline.

There is a fixed prepaid smart card for every individual meter. Customers can recharge the cards from designated vending points.

Once the consumption reaches the recharge units, the gas supply is turned off automatically. An LCD display on the meter shows the consumption related information.

The Chattogram smart gas meter project was officially commissioned in May 2021. Soon after, the process of the appointment of a consultant began. As the first tender failed to select a consultant meeting all criteria, a fresh tender was floated in October that year.

In May this year, Karnaphuli finalised the consultancy deal with a private firm named DTCL. The firm will be coordinating the meter recharge system, software management and other IT services, and provide technical assistance to meter installation.

Karnaphuli Gas floated the contract tender on 14 August this year – one and a half years after undertaking the project.

The Petrobangla official said prospective contractors have already requested them to extend the 28 September tender submission deadline, and a decision in this regard may go in favour of the contractors.

However, Karnaphuli Managing Director MA Majed said, "Hopefully, the project will be completed within the stipulated time. We are working to attain the target."

Karnaphuli has around 6 lakh residential customers. The distribution company installed prepaid gas meters at 60,000 households under a 2015-2019 Japanese funded project.

Top News

pre-paid meters

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Will Bangladeshi garment exporters be able to meet EU's upcoming standards?
    Will Bangladeshi garment exporters be able to meet EU's upcoming standards?
  • Palestinians flee their houses due to Israeli strikes, after a temporary truce between Hamas and Israel expired, in the eastern part of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2023. REUTERS
    Renewed Gaza fighting stretches into second day after Israel-Hamas truce collapses
  • A file photo of Election Commission building. Photo: Collected
    EC asks govt to transfer OCs, UNOs ahead of election

MOST VIEWED

  • Illustration: TBS
    I am afraid even to post a thank you note on Facebook: Khadija
  • US dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken on 10 March 2023. Photo: Reuters
    Remittance dollar surges to Tk123, defying efforts to control it
  • The above shows a pediatric hospital in California in January 2021, when hospitals in the US were hit by a wave of sick children  Photo AFP by Getty Image
    What is White Lung Syndrome? Mysterious pneumonia fast striking children
  • Coxs Bazar express started for Dhakat at 12:40pm on 1 December. Photo: TBS
    Train to the sea: Dhaka-Cox's Bazar rail service begins
  • EU wants Bangladesh to act on labour rights as pledged
    EU wants Bangladesh to act on labour rights as pledged
  • The Merlion and Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
Photo: Bloomberg
    These are the world's most expensive cities to live in right now

Related News

  • 24 lakh prepaid gas meters on the cards to cut wastage
  • Ecnec approves Tk713cr for smart pre-paid meter installation project 
  • Titas to bring over 28 lakh consumers under prepaid meters system
  • Chinese firm to set up pre-paid meters in Rajshahi, Rangpur

Features

(From Left) Sahid Hossain Mustakim, Sadia Ahmmed and Jishanul Islam are from United International University while Aadiba Tasneem Anam, who was not present at the event, studies at North South University. PHOTO: COURTESY

IPBlockchainPro: An invention by Bangladeshi students that could revolutionise the IP landscape

12h | Pursuit
Infograph: TBS

Elevate your leadership skills with free online courses

14h | Pursuit
Girls outperform boys in SSC and HSC. What prevents them from climbing higher? 

Girls outperform boys in SSC and HSC. What prevents them from climbing higher? 

20h | Panorama
Kissinger’s foreign policy and courses of action during his active years in office altered the lives of millions across the world. PHOTO: COLLECTED

Kissinger: A quiet end to a bloody legacy

23h | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

Small parties make big buzz

Small parties make big buzz

14h | TBS Stories
Saudi PIF to buy 10% stake in Heathrow Airport

Saudi PIF to buy 10% stake in Heathrow Airport

10h | TBS Economy
Are these the most thrilling hotels?

Are these the most thrilling hotels?

15h | TBS World
Is USA the obstacle to WB's climate finance?

Is USA the obstacle to WB's climate finance?

1d | TBS Economy
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2023
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net