Call to raise awareness about CNG cylinder

Speakers at a seminar yesterday called for raising awareness about the use of substandard gas cylinder in vehicles in order to prevent explosion of cylinders in the CNG-run vehicles.
Some workshops are using substandard CNG cylinders during the conversion of the vehicles into CNG, which is one of the reasons behind the explosions of CNG cylinders, said Shafquat Alam, general manager, Oil and Gas Division of Getco Trading Limited, at the seminar.
Such accidents have claimed a number of lives recently, he added.
Getco organised the seminar titled 'Safety of using CNG cylinder' at the auditorium of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh. IMW Industries Ltd, Canada, sponsored the event.
As the demand for conversion of vehicles into CNG has gone up because of increasing fuel prices, conversion workshops have been set up in a large number in recent years, Alam said.
In many cases, the workshops are not following the rules properly and are using substandard cylinders to maximise profit, he said.
Brad Miller, president of IMW, said they organised the seminar as part of social responsibility.