<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company has disconnected over 11,300 illegal household and other connections in three days in Munshiganj district.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to officials, a team of Titas Gas – headed by its managing director Md. Haronur Rashid Mullah – conducted a drive against the illegal connections in different areas of Munshiganj on Monday, Thursday and Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>The areas include Moddho Baushia, Baktarkandi, Bhaberchar, Alipura Vitikandi, Notun Charchashi, Puran Baushia, Bhaber Char College Road, and Gazaria.</div><div><br></div><div>The length of the disconnected lines is about 34 km where the illegal connection holders include 11,300 household users, three casting factories, five restaurants and 59 tea stalls.</div><div><br></div><div>Each of the connections was snapped permanently from the source point, said Titas Gas.</div><div><br></div><div>Titas Gas officials informed that the drive against illegal connections was conducted through mobile court by executive magistrates from Munshiganj district administration.</div><div><br></div><div>Titas Gas official sources also said the company has 28.78 lakh consumers across its operating areas which include Dhaka, Gazipur, Munshiganj, Narayanganj, Manikganj, Mymensingh, Kishorganj and adjoining districts.</div><div><br></div><div>It supplies about 55 percent of the total gas produced in the country to the consumers. But apart from its legal connection holders, it has a huge number of illegal connection holders, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“The number will be more than 3 lakh and most of the illegal connections are in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Munshiganj and Manikganj,” said a top official of Titas Gas.</div><div><br></div><div>He also alleged that these illegal connections holders have been getting gas supply with the help of a section of unscrupulous officers and employees of Titas Gas Company in connivance with the local representatives. As a result, despite repeated drives, such illegal connections have not stopped permanently, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>