The household consumers of five more areas in the capital are going to get prepaid gas meters within this year as Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has approved an additional funding for an ongoing project of Titas Gas.
"We've already received JICA approval for funding installation of 120,000 additional prepaid gas meters of the project," said an official at Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd.
He said now a process is underway to receive necessary approval of the Planning Commission through a revised development project profile (DPP).
Titas Gas officials said the organization is getting ready to implement the prepaid gas meter project in new five areas of Dhaka aimed at reducing the wastage of natural gas.
The areas are Paltan, Ramna, New Market, Khilgaon and Segunbagicha which are mainly located in the central part of the city under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).
