Four gas companies have Tk 9,018cr in outstanding bills
The outstanding bills of six gas distribution companies of the country amount to Tk 9,018 crore, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told parliament yesterday.
In reply to a question from ruling Awami League MP Abdul Latif, the junior minister said the highest amount of outstanding Bills — Tk 6,677 crore remains with Titas gas.
Besides, the arrears of Bakhrabad Gas Company are Tk 696.61 crore; Karnafuli, Tk 844.95 crore; Jalalabad, Tk 483.32 crore; Panchimanchal, Tk 195.19 crore and Sundarban Gas Company, Tk 120.97 crore, the state minister said in a scripted answer.
In response to another question, Nasrul Hamid highlighted the system loss of Titas Gas in the last 10 years.
According to the state minister, the system loss came down to almost zero in the 2012-13 financial year but increased again.
The highest system loss in Titas Gas in the last 10 years has been in 2018-19 fiscal which was 5.71 percent.
Meanwhile, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun told parliament the government did not take any decision on shutting down state-owned sugar mills.
"No sugar mill has been closed down," he said, replying to a question from Awami League MP Ali Azam of Bhola-2.
There are 15 sugar mills under the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC). But threshing of sugarcanes in six mills has been suspended for the current season, the minister said.
Of these, only one mill -- Carew & Co BD Ltd-- is a profitable one, he said.
The government is implementing two development projects "BMR of Carew & Co (BD) Ltd (1st revised)" and "Establishment of Effluent Treatment Plants in 14 Sugar Mills" to modernise the sugar mills, Humayun also said.
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