Dhaka:The government will be able to supply gas to all fertiliser factories if domestic gas availability improves through increased production from existing and potential gas fields, Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood said today.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the minister addressed parliament, responding to supplementary questions from lawmakers, and emphasized that current gas shortages limit supply to fertiliser factories, prioritizing those with higher production capacities to ensure maximum output.
The minister expressed optimism that increased gas availability from prospective gas fields would allow the government to extend supplies to all fertiliser factories in the future. He noted that if additional gas reserves are found, it would enable full supply to the factories.
Additionally, in response to a question from opposition lawmaker Md. Mahbubul Alam, the minister mentioned that the government is exploring the potential for extracting heavy minerals from the sand deposits of the Brahmaputra and Teesta river chars in Kurigram, pending economic viability assessments.