RANGPUR, Aug 21 (BSS): Bangladesh has already achieved laudable success in generating power on its way to achieve complete self-reliance on electricity soon.
Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Nazmul Hoque Prodhan said this while switching on ceremonially the newly-built power supply lines at Dolopara Government Primary School under Sadar upazila in Panchagarh on Thursday night as the chief guest.
A total of 157 residential houses in villages Bhandarugram and Dolopara under Chaklahat union in Panchagarh Sadar upazila are getting electricity supply fulfilling a long-cherished demand of the villagers.
Thakurgaon Palli Bidyut Samity of the Rural Electrification Board (REB) has implemented construction works of the six-kilometer long power supply lines at about Tk 2.2 million to bring the villages under power supply.
Panchagarh Regional Deputy General Manager of REB Mohammad Yunus, Panchagarh Sadar Upazila Chairman Anwar Sadat Samrat, district JSD President Abdul Mazid Babul, local Union Chairman Abu Daud Prodhan, President of Sadar upazila Awami League Amirul Islam, its Chaklahat union unit President Abdul Kuddus, General Secretary AHM Farhad, former Chhatra League leader Anisuzzaman and Headmaster of the school Rafikul Islam also spoke on the occasion.
Chairman of Electricity Management Committee for villages Bhandarugram and Dolopara Anarul Islam presided over the ceremony participated by REB officials, public representatives, civil society members and local elite.
Congratulating the villagers, the chief guest directed the concerned REB officials and authorities to make best use of electricity, reducing system loss to the minimum.
Those days are not far away when Bangladesh would achieve complete self-reliance on electricity through further increasing power generation with distribution and management capacities to bring every house under power supply facility, he said.
He urged the villagers to use power sensibly, use energy saving bulbs and digital meters, pay electricity bills timely, consume less power during peak hours and prevent illegal power connections to save electricity.
