Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company disconnected another 8,000 illegal gas connections in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj on Tuesday.

A mobile court led by Fatema Tuz Zohra, executive magistrate and assistant commissioner (AC-land), conducted two separate drives in Gukuldasher Bag and Ispahani Bazar area of Dhamgarh union.

Titas also removed around nine kilometres of illegal pipelines and seized a huge amount of risers during the drives.

So far, 12,000 illegal gas lines have been disconnected in Bandar upazila.

Earlier, 4,000 illegal gas connections were disconnected at two spots of Kuripara and Bage Jannat Masjid Road of the upazila.

Md Suruj Alam, deputy general manager of Titas regional marketing department in Sonargaon, said the largest natural gas distributor in the country snapped around 30,000 illegal gas connections in three phases.   

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