Titas gas cuts 22,350 illegal gas lines in five months

 
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) has disconnected 22,582 illegal gas connections and 50,305 burners across the country over the past five months from September 2024 to February 4, 2025.

Of these illegal connections, 178 Industry gas connections, 100 commercial and 22,072 residential gas connections. During the drive, a total of 110 kilometers of illegal gas pipelines also have been disconnected during the drive, said a Power, Energy and Mineral resources ministry release on Tuesday.

The drive comprises manpower of the Titas gas, led by an executive magistrate, and being operated in different areas including Demra, Keraniganj, Kamrangirchar, Munshiganj, Narayanganj, Savar, Tongi, Gazipur, Mymensingh, Meghnaghat and Narshingdi areas under the Titas gas transmission and distribution company.

During the operation, 120 illegal stoves in about 40 houses were disconnected from the gas supply. This stopped the use of 2,520 CFT of illegal gas. Four double-burner stoves were also seized during the drive.

As part of disconnecting the illegal gas line, a drive was held on the same day at Hijaltali, Kaliakoir, and Gazipur led by executive magistrate Fazley Wahid of the Power, Energy and Mineral resources ministry.

During the drive, illegal gas connections from a total of 50 semi-pucca houses and 2 buildings were cut. On the occasion, illegal equipment
was seized. A total of Tk 38,000 was fined in 4 cases through the mobile court for illegal use of gas.

Local administration and law enforcement agencies also aided the illegal gas disconnecting mobile team.