As per the latest decision of the government, CNG stations will remain closed for 4pm to 10pm instead of 6pm to 11pm 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 the previous 5 hours.
On Tuesday, the timing was changed saying that the CNG stations will remain off from 5pm to 10pm instead of 6pm to 11pm.
But within a day, the decision has been changed.
Nasrul also said the CNG stations will remain open for 24 hours from April 7 to April 18to facilitate transport movement during the Eid journey.
From April 19, the CNG stations will remain closed from 6pm to 11pm, said the notice.
He announced that the irrigation pumps will run from zero hour to 6am.
He also advised people to use LPG gas instead of natural gas as the gas crisis will persist in the month of Ramadan.
Nasrul said one LNG terminal, out of two, will remain closed which results in lower supply of imported gas to the national grid.
