Despite the approval by the high-level committee headed by the adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on energy, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, the gas distribution companies have failed to give gas connections to 303 out of 354 companies over the past two and half  years. Sources in the sector said at least five ambassadors from different foreign missions have recently requested the government to supply gas to interested companies belonging to their respective countries. A government official said 2,400 more applications for industrial gas connections are pending for the past few years. These applications were submitted at a meeting of the high-level committee, held on February 9, at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The committee…

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