Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Bangladesh will commission its first direct fuel pipeline from Chattogram to Dhaka today (Saturday, 16 August) cutting transport time from 48 hours to 12 and saving an estimated Tk226 crore annually.
The Tk3,653 crore project, implemented by the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) via the Bangladesh Army's 24 Engineering Construction Brigade, replaces the existing river-tanker system, which cost Tk326 crore a year and required over 110 vessel trips monthly. Annual costs are expected to fall to Tk90 crore, with significant reductions in system losses and fuel theft.
Energy Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan will formally inaugurate it at the Padma Oil terminal in Guptakhal, Chattogram.
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