As per the latest decision of the government, CNG stations across Bangladesh will remain closed for 4:00pm to 10:00pm instead of 6:00pm to 11:00pm every day until April 6 this year in order to resolve the low pressure problem in gas supply.
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid announced the new decision on Wednesday after a meeting with officials of his ministry and subordinate bodies.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Division issued a notice in this regard.
From now, the CNG stations will remain closed for 6 hours every day instead of previous 5 hours.
On Tuesday, the timing was changed saying that the CNG stations will remain off from 5:00pm to 10:00pm instead of 6:00pm to 11:00pm.
But within a day, the decision has been changed.
Nasrul also said that the CNG stations would remain open for 24 hours from 7 April to April 18 to facilitate transport movement during the Eid journey.
From April 19, the CNG stations will remain closed from 6:00pm to 11:00pm, said the notice.
He announced that the irrigation pumps will run from zero hour to 6:00am.
He also advised people to use LPG gas instead of natural gas as gas crisis would persist in the month of Ramadan.
Nasrul said that one LNG terminal, out of two, would remain closed which results in lower supply of imported gas to the national grid.