Economy: The greatest predicament
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
THE government in about two years of its tenure since its assumption of office has not done up to the mark, in a vital area where circumstances dictated it to work on a war footing. All of the government’s plan of drawing foreign investments and in enthusing the local investors depend on augmenting energy supplies at the soonest. The greatest predicament for the Bangladesh economy stems from insufficient energy supply or dwindling supply of power and gas falling far short of demand.
The greatest expectation from this government was its going to work in a very focused manner from day one in its tenure to increase energy supplies at the fastest and to assure through its activities that substantial additions of power and gas to their respective national grids would be achieved in the mid-term. But net addition of energies to the national grids has so far been much below the expectation, taking the existing need and ever-increasing demand for the same into consideration. Despite the government pledging sometime ago that at least 1,300 mw of power would be added, in net terms, to the national grid by March or April next, no one with actual knowledge of works done so far in this area is keeping faith in such promises.
Muzzafar Ahmed
Iqbal Road
Mohammadpur
Daka
The greatest expectation from this government was its going to work in a very focused manner from day one in its tenure to increase energy supplies at the fastest and to assure through its activities that substantial additions of power and gas to their respective national grids would be achieved in the mid-term. But net addition of energies to the national grids has so far been much below the expectation, taking the existing need and ever-increasing demand for the same into consideration. Despite the government pledging sometime ago that at least 1,300 mw of power would be added, in net terms, to the national grid by March or April next, no one with actual knowledge of works done so far in this area is keeping faith in such promises.
Muzzafar Ahmed
Iqbal Road
Mohammadpur
Daka