12hr gas outage in capital including VIP areas today

Staff Correspondent: Gas supply in a vast area of the capital, that include important government establishments such as Bangabhaban, Gono Bhaban and Jatiya Sangsad, will remain suspended for 12 hours from this evening.

Supply will be disrupted from 6pm today till 6am Wednesday, as concerned authorities will shift pipelines to facilitate the construction work of metro rail project.

The areas of Dhaka where there will be no gas supply are: Mirpur, Shyamoli, Monipuripara, Agargaon, Dhanmondi, Mohammadpur, Bangabhaban, Gono Bhaban, Jatiya Sangsad, Kalabagan, Hazaribagh, Dhaka University, Buet, Shahbagh, Green Road, all areas of Old Dhaka, Rampura, Banasree, Nandipara, Moghbazar, Siddheswari, Segunbagicha, Minto Road, Tejgaon, Khilgaon, Basabo, Motijheel and Kamalapur.


risingbd/Dhaka/Feb 19, 2019/Hasan/Mukul