Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited
Formation1 December 1986
HeadquartersSylhet, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websitejalalabadgas.org.bd

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited (Bengali: জালালাবাদ গ্যাস ট্রান্সমিসন এ্যান্ড ডিস্ট্রিবিউশন সিস্টেম লিমিটেড) is a Bangladeshi state-owned gas distribution company in the Sylhet Division. Nazmul Ahsan is a Bangladesh government owned natural gas distribution company in the Sylhet Division. It is one of the three largest gas distribution companies in Bangladesh; the other two are Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited and Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited.[1] Nazmul Ahsan is the Chairman of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited.[2]

History[edit]

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited was established on 1 December 1986.[2] It started with 1.5 billion taka paid up capital.[2] The gas distributed by the company is supplied by Petrobangla.[3]

In July 2005, Ariful Haque Chowdhury, who had been nominated by Finance Minister M. Saifur Rahman, from the post of director of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited.[4]

In July 2007, Mashuk Uddin Ahmed, union president of the Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.[5]

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited selected ZICOM Equipment Pte. Ltd to supply them with gas meters in 2011.[6]

The deputy general manager of the Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited filed a case against Abdur Rahman, a Sylhet-based businessman, accusing him of trying to illegally occupy the land of the company in October 2014.[7]

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited asked Shahjalal Fertiliser Factory to stop using its gas due to a shortage of gas in the country in February 2018.[8]

In June 2020, Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited proposed to the government to convert 50 thousand domestic connections to a new prepaid meter system from the previous fixed monthly rate.[9] Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh protested the appointment of administration cadre officer in charge of Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited which they argued should have gone to a technical cadre.[10] It also got into a dispute with the Holcim Group which alleged Jalalabad was charging more than the agreed amount for their gas.[11] The gas company had signed a deal with Holcim Group to supply gas to its cement factory in Sunamganj.[11] In its 34th Annual General Meeting the company announced the company had made a profit of 2.5 billion taka.[12]

Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited announced a plan to establish a mechanism to detect gas leaks in August 2021 it partnership with ZICOM Equipment Pte. Ltd, a Singapore-based company whose Managing Director Rashed Choudhury was present at the announcement.[13] Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission asked Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited to list on the stock market.[14] Legal advisor of the company, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, was appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh in 2021.[15] It signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[16]

In January 2022, Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited along with other state owned distributors demanded an increase in gas prices.[17] The Ministry of Finance had been demanding the Energy and Mineral Resources Division increase the revenue collected from energy sales.[17] A public hearing was held by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to discuss the question of raising prices.[18][19] It had proposed a more than 200 percent increase in the price of gas.[20]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bashed, Muhammad A. (28 March 2021). "The human and economic toll of gas leaks". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Brief History". Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Public hearing in March 21–24 over gas tariff hike". New Age. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Suspension of BNP Body". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Sylhet CBA leader gets 7 years, wife 3 years". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  6. ^ Siddiquee, Iqbal; Sylhet (4 September 2011). "Sylhet 150 MW power plant may be delayed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Businessman accused of occupying govt land in Sylhet". The Daily Star. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Another fertiliser factory to shut for gas supply cut". The Financial Express. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Gas connections to come under prepaid system". New Age. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  10. ^ Kamol, Ershad (25 October 2020). "Tension between admin and other cadres surfaces". New Age. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  11. ^ a b Habib, Ahsan (5 February 2021). "Lafarge seeks arbitration to end gas price row with Jalalabad". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Jalalabad gas earns profit of Tk. 250.22crore". The Asian Age. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  13. ^ "JGTDSL introduces mobile gas leak detection system". The Business Standard. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  14. ^ "BSEC urges 17 state-run cos for stock market listing". New Age. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Justice Hasan Foez made Bangladesh's CJ". New Age. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Bida widens coverage for investors". The Daily Star. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Petrobangla, 7 other distributors again push for gas price hike". New Age. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  18. ^ "BERC to hold public hearing on March 21–24 over gas tariff hike". Dhaka Tribune. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Public hearing on gas price hike ends amid huge criticism". The Business Standard. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Bakhrabad, Jalalabad too propose over 200% gas price hike for power, fertilizer plants". Dhaka Tribune. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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