RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – Bangladesh has been achieving
continuous success in increasing power generation capacity on its
way to achieve completely self-reliance on electricity at its own
very soon, speakers at a launching ceremony said today.
Member of the Parliament from Panchagarh-2 seat Advocate
Nurul Islam Shujan said this after switching on of the eight-
kilometre newly built power supply line for Shaldanga
Maddyasikarpur village under Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh
district as the chief guest.
With the switching on of the power supply line, 224
residential connections, 10 connections for the charitable
organisations, 36 connections for the deep tube wells and five
industrial connections were brought under the electricity supply.
The Rural Electrification Board (REB) implemented
construction works of the power supply line at a cost of Taka
1.08 lakh to fulfill the long-cherished demand of hundreds of
people of the area.
With Deputy General Manager of Panchagarh Zone of Thakurgaon
Polli Bidyut Samity Mobasser Hossain in the chair, chairman of
Shaldanga union parishad Hasnat Zaman Chowdhury Judge attended
the ceremony as special guest.
Upazila level government officials, officials of REB,
hundreds of local people including farmers, civil society
members, professionals, teachers, students and elite were
present.
The speakers said the nation has already achieved laudable
success in generating power as the country will become self-
reliant on electricity very soon following the effective steps
taken by the present government during the past five years.
They suggested the people for sincerely using power,
utilisation of energy saving bulbs and digital meters, timely
payment of electricity bills, less power consumption during peak
hours, preventing illegal power connections etc to save
electricity.
The chief guest suggested the concerned authorities,
officials and experts to ensure excellent management in power
generation and supply systems to make the best use of electricity
and reduce the system loss to the minimum.
