BSS, Gaibandha :
A total of 774 families of Ramjibon and Tarapur unions in Sundarganj upazila of the district got electricity connection being arranged by Rangpur Palli Bidyut Samity (RPBS) on Saturday.
A simple function was organised on the premises of South Ideal Junior High School of the upazila at noon on the occasion with area director of RPBS Jahurul Islam in the chair.
Local lawmaker barrister Shamid Haider Patwari attended the function and addressed it as the chief guest while Upazila chairman Mazedur Rahman was present as the special guest.
The function was also addressed, among others, by deputy general manager of Sundarganj Zonal Office of RPBS engineer Abu Solaiman Hossain, Union Parishad chairman Khandarkar Mizanur Rahman, and political leader EnamulHaque Montu. Local lawmaker in his speeches said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after assuming power in 2009 took initiatives to solve the country’s power crisis through setting up new power plants.
By 2021, all the villages would be brought under rural electrification programme to turn the country into a middle income one through changing theliving standard of the people, he also said.
Later, the chief guest formally inaugurated the electrification programme by turning on a switch of a bulb.
A large number of people including the officials of GPBS, public representatives, social workers, political leaders and local elite were present on the occasion.
A total of 774 families of Ramjibon and Tarapur unions in Sundarganj upazila of the district got electricity connection being arranged by Rangpur Palli Bidyut Samity (RPBS) on Saturday.
A simple function was organised on the premises of South Ideal Junior High School of the upazila at noon on the occasion with area director of RPBS Jahurul Islam in the chair.
Local lawmaker barrister Shamid Haider Patwari attended the function and addressed it as the chief guest while Upazila chairman Mazedur Rahman was present as the special guest.
The function was also addressed, among others, by deputy general manager of Sundarganj Zonal Office of RPBS engineer Abu Solaiman Hossain, Union Parishad chairman Khandarkar Mizanur Rahman, and political leader EnamulHaque Montu. Local lawmaker in his speeches said the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after assuming power in 2009 took initiatives to solve the country’s power crisis through setting up new power plants.
By 2021, all the villages would be brought under rural electrification programme to turn the country into a middle income one through changing theliving standard of the people, he also said.
Later, the chief guest formally inaugurated the electrification programme by turning on a switch of a bulb.
A large number of people including the officials of GPBS, public representatives, social workers, political leaders and local elite were present on the occasion.
