JESSORE: An awareness building campaign on safe use of Liquid Petroleum (LP) gas of Bashundhara LP Gas Limited (BLPGL), one of the concerns of country’s leading conglomerate Bashundhara Group, was held in Jessore on Thursday.

The campaign titled ‘Nirapad Nibash (Safe Home)’ was arranged at Hotel City Plaza International in the district town with the presence of 51 housewives.

General Manager (Sales) of BLPGL and SICL, Mir TI Faruk, BLPGL Divisional Sales Manager Habibur Rahman Habib and local distributor Mahbub Alam Lavlu were among others present at the function.

The speakers put emphasize on the reasons and remedies of LP gas cylinder blasts in the program.

The speakers said that the distributors should maintain the quality to avert explosions of LP gas cylinder. Besides, awareness should be increased among the users as well.

According to the Gas Cylinder Act-1991, the gas cylinders need to be retested after every five years.

However, many companies lack the facility of retesting and maintaining qualities. They are selling the low quality and dilapidated gas cylinders to the consumers without testing them.

Speakers, at the event, said that some dishonest businessmen are refilling unauthorized gas and selling in markets. They also urged the consumers to buy cylinders from authorized dealers and retailers.

According to them, public awareness should be increased to halt the use of unauthorized and unsafe cylinders.

They suggested the dealers to buy their cylinders only from authorized dealers and retailers.

Apart from Jessore, the ‘Nirapad Nibash’ campaign has already been held in Chapainawabganj, Kushtia, Bogra, Natore, Dinajpur, Naogaon and Rajshahi districts.

As part of the awareness campaign, Bashundhara LP Gas has been conducting awareness building programs in districts and upazilas across the country.

BDST: 1735 HRS, DEC 11, 2014