Urea production resumes

Urea production at Jamuna Fertilizer Company Ltd (JFCL) in Sarishabari upazila resumed on Sunday after the production got halted as the supply of natural gas to JFCL was stopped by the authorities concerned on January 31.

Directed by Petrobangla, Titas Gas and Transmission Company withdrew

the gas from JFCL to provide it to gas-fuelled power plants for adequate power generation to keep the power-run irrigation pumps running during this boro-season, said Mahbuba Sultana, managing director of JFCL.

After 15 days of the withdrawal, the transmission company released the gas supply to JFCL on February 15, and the factory started urea production on Sunday afternoon, said Mahbuba.