FARIDPUR, July 5 (BSS): Overseas Employment and Expatriates' Welfare Minister Engineer Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain inaugurated a newly constructed electricity distribution line of Rural Electrification Board (REB) in Char Madhabdia union under Sadar upazila of this district Saturday.
Addressing a huge rally at the inauguration site Mosharraf said that to produce electricity from crunch 3500 megawatts to present about 9000 megawatts was a challenge of the present Awami League government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina which has been successfully met.
The Minister said that when Awami League came to power in 2009 and the whole country was limping for want of electricity because this is an essential ingredients in modern days for all daily purposes. Prime Minister Shaikh Hasina planned short term, mid term and long term measures including importing electricity from neighboring India that has made Bangladesh self sufficient in electricity.
However he urged all concerned to use electricity rationally and not to misuse it. The rally presided over by Union chairman Tuhin Mondol was also addressed by police super Md. Jamil Hassan and Sadar upazilla chairman Khondoker Mohtesham Hossain Babor.
Mosharraf opens new REB line in Faridpur
FE Team | Published: July 06, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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