Staff Reporter :
The electricity outage situation in the country has gotten much better than the previous month and is likely to improve further in the coming days, says the State Minister for Electricity, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.
“The situation has already improved compared with the last month and with the decrease of fuel price in the global market the crisis will abate further,” said the state minister during his address as the chief guest at an online discussion meeting and prayer meeting organised by the Bangladesh Power Development Board on Saturday (27 August) on the occasion of the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
He said the Russia-Ukraine war made the
global economic situation vulnerable. It created huge uncertainty in the global energy market.
“We have done 100% electrification in the country. The power division is working to bring the present situation under control,” he said, adding, “We have consolidated the economy. We have to be courageous and push forward.”
“Father of the Nation Bangabandhu had a dream of giving the villages the same facilities as given to the towns. When Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to power, she thought if her father’s dream can be materialized, everyone’s dream will be fulfilled,” Nasrul Hamid further added.
With BPDB chairman Mahbubur Rahman in the chair, the event was also addressed by former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury and power Secretary Habibur Rahman.
Reiterating his call to the people to be more patient to face the power and energy crunch, Nasrul Hamid said Bangladesh will become a rich country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He mentioned that there was 16-18 hours of load shedding across the country before Awami League assumed power in 2009.
From that situation, the PM implemented a programme to reach electricity to every house in Bangladesh, he added.
He said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proved his great leadership by purchasing five gas fields from Shell Oil Company which now meet 40 per cent of the country’s total gas requirement.
He made the right to electricity as part of the constitution to ensure that people in rural areas get electricity.
