Tk 15b arrear bills: Titas snapping connections in Dhaka
State-owned Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company started snapping household and industrial connections in various places across the capital on Monday in a bid to collect Tk 15 billion arrear in bills.
Speaking to Prothom Alo, Titas general manager (revenue, Dhaka metro) Md Rashidul Islam said, “We started disconnecting gas lines last September. Later, we also cut off about 200 lines on 7-8 November. Today, 30 teams of Titas are conducting operation in the capital’s Kuril-Badda area.”
He said they have snapped gas connections of household and industrial customers, who ignored repeated notices over unpaid bills, in Badda, Kuril, Dakkhin Khan, Uttar Khan, Uttara and Gulshan areas since the morning,
Rashidul Islam, however, could not tell the exact number of customers and connections with unpaid gas bills.
Titas will cut off gas connections with unpaid bills in Mirpur area next week, he said adding, “We will conduct our operation across the capital gradually.”