Power offices to remain open on Saturdays
Sunday, 25 April 2010
The government has ordered all the public offices related to power generation, transmission and distribution to remain open on Saturdays until further notice, reports UNB.
Weekly holidays of all these offices are cut to one day on Friday, ostensibly with the intention of giving more dedication to mitigating the power supply problems.
In compliance with the order, all the offices under Power Distribution Board (PDB), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC), Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (DESCO) in the city and other offices outside the capital remained open Saturday.
"We received an order from Power Division Thursday last and accordingly we are in offices today (Saturday) like the other working days," a top official at DPDC said.
Official sources said the order came from the government in the wake of the nagging power crisis across the country. But it's not clear if such an order will really bring any positive change in the power supply situation.
All the relevant offices responsible for power generation, transmission and distribution, normally remain open round the clock throughout the week. The officers and employees do their duties on rotation as power supply service is treated an emergency service.
"Power stations run round the clock without any intervention. Similarly, all field-level transmission and distribution outlets keep open throughout the day to run the transmission and distribution system," a PDB official said.
He mentioned that the headquarters of different organisations in the power sector, which are mainly responsible for the administrative work, only keep closed on the weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday.
"But from now on, our head office will remain open on Saturday as well. It is not relevant to increase power generation by keeping open our office on Saturday", he said replying to a question about improvement of the power supply situation.
Weekly holidays of all these offices are cut to one day on Friday, ostensibly with the intention of giving more dedication to mitigating the power supply problems.
In compliance with the order, all the offices under Power Distribution Board (PDB), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC), Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (DESCO) in the city and other offices outside the capital remained open Saturday.
"We received an order from Power Division Thursday last and accordingly we are in offices today (Saturday) like the other working days," a top official at DPDC said.
Official sources said the order came from the government in the wake of the nagging power crisis across the country. But it's not clear if such an order will really bring any positive change in the power supply situation.
All the relevant offices responsible for power generation, transmission and distribution, normally remain open round the clock throughout the week. The officers and employees do their duties on rotation as power supply service is treated an emergency service.
"Power stations run round the clock without any intervention. Similarly, all field-level transmission and distribution outlets keep open throughout the day to run the transmission and distribution system," a PDB official said.
He mentioned that the headquarters of different organisations in the power sector, which are mainly responsible for the administrative work, only keep closed on the weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday.
"But from now on, our head office will remain open on Saturday as well. It is not relevant to increase power generation by keeping open our office on Saturday", he said replying to a question about improvement of the power supply situation.