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The Jamuna Fertiliser Company Limited (JFCL) in Sarishabari, Jamalpur, resumed urea fertiliser production on Friday after a 14-day suspension caused by mechanical problems.
Production restarted in full at 10:00am following repairs to a boiler leak, bringing relief to factory officials, employees, local traders and farmers dependent on fertiliser supplies.
Officials hope the resumption will help ease potential urea shortages in northern Bangladesh ahead of the upcoming farming season, provided production continues uninterrupted.
According to factory sources, production had remained suspended since January 15 due to a gas shortage. Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company resumed gas supply to the factory on September 20 after an eight-month shutdown.
However, production could not restart immediately because of inadequate gas pressure.
Production eventually resumed on the night of October 7 after gas pressure improved, but a boiler leak forced another shutdown on October 9.
Engineers and technicians worked continuously for two weeks to repair the mechanical fault.
Mohammad Fazlul Haque, deputy chief engineer (chemistry) of JFCL, said the engineers had fully repaired the boiler problem two days earlier.
Production resumed at 10:00am on Friday after the factory received sufficient gas pressure, he added.
Established in 1990 in Tarakandi, Jamalpur, the factory began commercial production in 1991. It has a daily production capacity of 1,700 tonnes of urea fertiliser.
The factory supplies fertiliser to 21 districts, including Jamalpur, Sherpur, Mymensingh, Tangail and Rajbari, serving agricultural needs across northern and other parts of the country.
Its return to operation is expected to help maintain normal urea supplies in the areas it serves.
