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Acute gas crisis in Dhaka capital city: commercial began to Paralyze, commoners facing untold sufferings
// Shamsul Basunia//
Since the winter set in, acute gas crisis have seen here and there
in the Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka. Production fall, coupled with an
increased demand, is adversely affecting the gas supply in the capital, said a
Titas official.
Family members often make the next day's
breakfast and lunch along with the dinner to save themselves from worrying over
the gas supply which becomes normal around 10:00pm, but only for a few hours
every day.
To cope with this,
homemakers of the capital area have started using an induction cook top and an
electric rice-cooker. "But this is likely to significantly increase the
electricity bill, which may become a financial burden for a middle-income
family like them. There are 11 filling stations between Jatrabari and Jurain and
all of those have been hit by the crisis.
Insufficient pressure of supply forces the
refueling stations to keep the services shut for as long as five to 10 hours a
day.Since the winter began, daily sale has dropped to Tk 70,000-80,000 from
around Tk 1.5 lakh a day.
The government order to keep the gas
stations shut from 5:00pm to 9:00pm every day was aggravating their sufferings,
said the victims. "The restriction should be lifted, especially in
winter."
For the capital,
they supply 1,800-1,900mmcfd gas which, a man in authority claims, is enough to
meet the regular demand.But during the winter, the gas consumption increases by
10 percent which causes the crisis for the city dwellers, he says.
Asked why household gas consumption
increases in winter, another Titas official said this happens because
city-dwellers widely use their gas stoves to dry clothes and boil water for
everyday use.
Who grabbing land of Hindu families in Bangladesh?
//
Shamsul Basunia//
Rights
activists in Dhaka on Friday demanded a judicial probe
into the allegation of grabbing land of Hindu
families
in Thakurgaon by ruling party MP
Dabirul
Islam. The local Awami
League
MP has already
grabbed a portion of
the
land of a minority
at Thakurgaon’s
Baliadangi
upazila
along Indian border
and now he is
trying
to occupy
the remaining
land
of the families,
they
told a press
conference
at
Jatiya
Press Club
after conducting
an
independent
probe
into the
allegation.
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