DHAKA: All fertilizer factories in the country but Jamuna Fertilizer Company Limited will temporarily be closed to ensure uninterrupted power supply during upcoming irrigation season.

Prime Minister's energy adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said that these steps are taken aiming to uninterrupted gas supply to power plants and ensure nonstop electricity supply to irrigation.

He made this assertion in a press conference held at Bidyut Bhaban in city on Wednesday (February 24).

The energy adviser further said that the gas supply to the fertilizer factories will be closed temporarily, halting the production of fertilizer.

BDST: 1308 HRS, FEB 24, 2016
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