UNB, Dhaka :
Voicing her firm optimism to provide electricity to all households by 2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all to make efficient use of power, gas and water at their homes and workplaces to prevent the misuse of the valuable resources. “We often misuse electricity and I want people from all classes, including guardians, teachers and students of schools
colleges, universities as well as in offices and courts, to come forward to ensure its efficient use,” she said.
The Prime Minister was addressing the inaugural function of the National Power and Energy Week-2016 held at Bashundhara International Convention City.
Putting utmost importance to the proper use of electricity and gas, she said that everyone should personally switch off the power connections at their homes and workplaces after completing their works while the temperature of the air conditioners should be kept at 24-25 degree Celsius which is a tolerable level.
Hasina said, she also switches off power connections by herself before leaving her rooms without depending on others. “It costs huge money in generating power and gas. So, we need to remain cautious so that there is no misuse of it.”
Highlighting various steps taken by her government in the power and energy sector over the last eight years, she said massive programmes have been undertaken to construct power transmission and distribution lines as some 1,902 kilometres of transmission lines and 97,000 kilometres of new distribution lines have been constructed during the period. Hasina said the production of power and gas is costly on one hand and it is time-consuming one on the other. “It’s my belief the National Power and Energy Week would encourage people to check the misuse of power and energy and thus maintain austerity in its use.”
The Prime Minister said, her government has been trying to generate power from renewable energy in a bid to ensure energy security for future as well as resisting global warming.
She said, a target has been set to raise the power generation from renewable energy to 5 percent by 2021 and to 10 percent by 2030 from renewable energy out of the overall power generation as per the Renewable Energy Policy. “To materialise this goal, a plan has been taken to generate some 3,100 MW of power by 2021 based on renewable energy. Laying emphasis on bilateral and international cooperation, she said her government has signed a number of agreements over the last eight years as around 600 MW of power is being imported from India under the Bangladesh-India cooperation agreement while steps have been taken to import 500 MW of more power. Alongside this, efforts are on to import hydropower from Nepal and Bhutan as well as power and gas from Myanmar.
Voicing her firm optimism to provide electricity to all households by 2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged all to make efficient use of power, gas and water at their homes and workplaces to prevent the misuse of the valuable resources. “We often misuse electricity and I want people from all classes, including guardians, teachers and students of schools
colleges, universities as well as in offices and courts, to come forward to ensure its efficient use,” she said.
The Prime Minister was addressing the inaugural function of the National Power and Energy Week-2016 held at Bashundhara International Convention City.
Putting utmost importance to the proper use of electricity and gas, she said that everyone should personally switch off the power connections at their homes and workplaces after completing their works while the temperature of the air conditioners should be kept at 24-25 degree Celsius which is a tolerable level.
Hasina said, she also switches off power connections by herself before leaving her rooms without depending on others. “It costs huge money in generating power and gas. So, we need to remain cautious so that there is no misuse of it.”
Highlighting various steps taken by her government in the power and energy sector over the last eight years, she said massive programmes have been undertaken to construct power transmission and distribution lines as some 1,902 kilometres of transmission lines and 97,000 kilometres of new distribution lines have been constructed during the period. Hasina said the production of power and gas is costly on one hand and it is time-consuming one on the other. “It’s my belief the National Power and Energy Week would encourage people to check the misuse of power and energy and thus maintain austerity in its use.”
The Prime Minister said, her government has been trying to generate power from renewable energy in a bid to ensure energy security for future as well as resisting global warming.
She said, a target has been set to raise the power generation from renewable energy to 5 percent by 2021 and to 10 percent by 2030 from renewable energy out of the overall power generation as per the Renewable Energy Policy. “To materialise this goal, a plan has been taken to generate some 3,100 MW of power by 2021 based on renewable energy. Laying emphasis on bilateral and international cooperation, she said her government has signed a number of agreements over the last eight years as around 600 MW of power is being imported from India under the Bangladesh-India cooperation agreement while steps have been taken to import 500 MW of more power. Alongside this, efforts are on to import hydropower from Nepal and Bhutan as well as power and gas from Myanmar.
