Energy adviser to the prime minister Toufiq Elahi has said gas supply from Semutang gas field will be started from September next.
Construction of 65 kilometre gas pipeline would be completed within September, he added.
He said this after visiting Semutang Gas field at Manikchari upazila of Khagachari Monday afternoon.
He said gas crisis in power plant, fertiliser industries and other industries in Chittagong would be solved after commencing gas supply from Semutang and Sundalpur gas fields, he added.
The state minister for energy Enamul Hoq, energy secretary Mejbahuddin and chairman of Petrobangla Hossain Monsur, among others, accompanied with the adviser during the visit.
Source : New Age
