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

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

  1. ↑ Bashed, Muhammad A. (28 March 2021). "The human and economic toll of gas leaks". The Daily Star. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "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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