Supply gas to Khulna from Shahabazar in Bhola
Speakers at a view exchange meeting yesterday underscored the need for installation of 150 kilometre long pipelines from Shahabazar in Bhola district for gas supply to Khulna.
Present stock of gas in two wells at Shahabajpur is able to supply it on long-term basis in Khulna region including Barisal, Pirojpur and Bagerhat, they said at the meeting held at Purbanchal Dialogue Centre (PDC) at 4:00pm.
South-western region including greater Khulna will economically develop if gas supply is ensured through pipelines from Bhola, Liakat Ali, editor of Dainik Purbanchal, chairman of Khulna WASA and convenor of Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee (GKDACC), said in his presidential speech at the meeting.
In absence of gas supply through pipelines in south-western region of the country, foreign exchange earning jute industries, newsprint mills, hardboard mills and a cable factory have now become sick and losing enterprises as they fail to cope with higher production cost, he said.
“The government has a plan to supply gas through pipelines to Khulna by 2010 with financial assistance of Asian Development Bank but implementation of the plan may be delayed due to some reasons. Ensuring gas supply to Khulna through pipelines from two gas blocs at Shabajpur can meet domestic and industrial needs in south-western region,” he said.
Liakat also emphasised the need for construction of Padma bridge for development of communication network in the south-western region.
Prominent civil rights leader Sheikh Abdul Mannan, Prof Dr Salekuzzaman of Khulna University, Prof Dr Mihir Ranjan Halder of Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET) and former Secretary General of GKDACC Sheikh Ashrafuzzaman, addressed the meeting, among others.
Twenty-eight of 41 ward councillors also attended the meeting.
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