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Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited

Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited is a urea fertilizer company in Chittagong and is owned by the state owned Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.[1]

History

Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited was built in 1987 in Rangadia, Anwara Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh. It was built by the Japanese Toyo Engineering Corporation. The factory has a capacity to produce 1700 tonnes of urea and 1000 tonnes of ammonia per day.[2][3]

On 31 January 2015, the factory was closed by the government of Bangladesh after the reactor and cooling tower were damaged. The contract for the repair work was given to AXO Welding, an Italian company.[4] The factory was reopened on 7 July 2017 after 400 million taka was spent on repairs. The gas to the factory was supplied by Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited.[5] Production was suspended again on 22 December 2017 due to gas shortages and resumed on 13 September 2018, in part due to liquefied natural gas.[2]

The factory is closed during summer to divert natural gas to home consumers like most state owned fertilizer companies in Bangladesh. The factory cannot produce at optimal level due to gas shortages and as a result incurs monthly losses of up to 100 million taka.[4] The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation can produce 1.9 million metric ton of fertilizers against the demand for 2.5 million metric ton.[6] The factory has also been blamed for the pollution of Karnaphuli River.[7]

Arms trafficking

In 2004, elements of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government of Bangladesh with the aid of Pakistani intelligence agency, tried to smuggle guns through the jetty of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited. The case became known as the 10-Truck Arms and Ammunition Haul in Chittagong. The arms were destined for separatists groups in India. The accused included government ministers and heads of Bangladeshi intelligence agency.[8][9][10][11]

Chittagong Urea Fertilizer School and College

Chittagong Urea Fertilizer School and College (22.213°N, 91.8318°W) is a pre-primary, primary, secondary, and higher secondary school located inside the colony of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited.[12][13] It was established in 1988[14] to educate the children and dependents of company employees. It is operated by Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.[15] It has about 40 teachers and 900 students.[13]

It prepares students for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary (School) Certificate (HSC) examinations administered under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Chittagong.[16][17]

See also

  • Chittagong Urea Fertilizer School and College

References

  1. Chittagong-Urea-Fertilizer-Ltd bcic.gov.bd, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  2. Industries get new life for LNG New Age, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  3. Surendra J. Patel. Technological Transformation in the Third World: Volume 1: Asia Routledge, 2018, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  4. Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd goes on overhauling observerbd.com, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  5. Production at Ctg Urea Fertilizer Factory resumes theindependentbd.com, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  6. CUFL, Jamuna fertilizer to start production next month Daily Sun, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  7. Karnaphuli pollution proves fatal for marine fisheries in Bay bdnews24.com, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  8. Arms, ammo made in China The Daily Star, 8 April 2013, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  9. Babar prevented DGFI probe The Daily Star, 16 March 2012, retrieved 25 December 2018^
  10. Nani Gopal Mahanta. Confronting the State: ULFA's Quest for Sovereignty SAGE Publications India, 2013^
  11. V. R. Raghavan. Internal Conflicts- A Four State Analysis: India-Nepal-Sri Lanka-Myanmar Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, 2013^
  12. List of School and College-2016 Ministry of Education, retrieved 2017-03-03^
  13. Chittagong Urea Fertilizer School & College Schools Online, British Council, retrieved 17 March 2017^
  14. http://anwara.chittagong.gov.bd/college-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC Anwara Upazila, retrieved 2017-03-12^
  15. Annual Report 2003-2004 Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation, retrieved 2017-03-16^
  16. Shahidul Islam. None from 14 schools under Chittagong Education Board passes this year's examinations The Daily Star, 30 June 2004, retrieved 2016-10-07^
  17. Mohalchhari College 7th among top ten in Ctg Board. bdnews24.com, 25 September 2005, retrieved 2017-03-16^