Rupganj: An extensive mobile court drive led by Executive Magistrate Moniza Khatun of the Energy and Mineral Resources Division was conducted on Sunday at Rupganj Upazila in Narayanganj and slashed illegal gas connections. The drive focused on the areas of Kazipara, Rupsi, Baniadi, Lakhya, and Jatrabari.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the mobile court took immediate and exemplary action against illegal gas users, particularly industrial consumers, as outlined in a press release today. The operation led to the complete demolition of structures of two lime factories using excavators across the targeted areas. Furthermore, gas connections in three illegal gas-using lime factories located in Uttar Rupsi were severed.
During the operation in Uttar Rupsi, authorities disconnected a one-inch diameter service line belonging to a lime factory and removed 50 feet of pipe. The operation also permanently severed residential illegal gas supply, with 24 residential connections cut off across Rupganj Upazila. Additionally, one gas consumer faced penalties.
Huge quantities of illegally installed pipes and equipment were seized during the drive. In the Kazipara area, a one-inch diameter distribution line was severed, affecting a 400-meter area and permanently disconnecting 30 burners in 20 homes. Authorities uprooted 50 feet of one-inch diameter pipe and 100 feet of hose pipe from this site.
A separate operation at Baniadi, Lakhya, and Jatrabari areas focused on disconnecting three- and four-inch diameter transmission lines, which successfully severed eight illegal burners in four houses.