The country is set to formally launch its first-ever underground pipeline-based fuel transportation facility from Chittagong to Dhaka on Saturday.
With this landmark initiative, experts have opined that a new horizon is going to be opened in the country's fuel oil transportation system, which will ultimately result in reducing supply time and carrying cost substantially per annum.
Project Director (PD) Aminul Haque told BSS that fuel transportation through the newly built 242-kilometer covert facility is set to begin after extensive test-trials and successful pre-commissioning.
At least 260-280 metric tons of diesel will be transported from Chittagong to the Godnail depot in Narayanganj every hour through an environmentally friendly, risk-free, cost-effective, and time-saving pipeline, he said.
"Earlier, we needed more than 48 hours, along with hundreds of oil tankers, to carry such a quantity of fuel through waterways or by road. Now, fuel oil will reach the depot in Narayanganj in 12 hours," he added.
