UNB, Dhaka :
The country’s entire power distribution system will be brought under prepaid metering system by 2021, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid here on Sunday.
He made the announcement at a contract signing ceremony of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) at Bidyut Bhaban.
The DPDC signed a contract with Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd, (BDPL), an equipment-manufacturing company, operated by the Bangladesh Army.
Under the contract, the BDPL will manufacture, supply and install 10,000 prepaid electricity metres in the DPDC’s Azimpur operation area of the city in the next one year.
As per the deal, 5,000 of the prepaid metres will be installed in the next three months, while the remaining during the rest of the period. The BDPL will also operate and maintain metres for the next five years under this pilot project.
Under the system, the customers will have to purchase prepaid smart card to get electricity and recharge it for continuous supply.
The DPDC will pay about Tk 12.96 crore to the BDPL to implement the project. So far, prepaid metres have been installed in some areas under Desco in the city, including Uttara and Mirpur.
The function was also addressed by Azimpur’s MP Haji Selim, Power Secretary Monowar Islam, DPDC chairman and Additional Secretary Tapos Kumar Roy, managing director Brig General (retd) Nazrul Hasan, BDPL’s chairman Lt Gen Anwar Hossain, and managing director Asif Ahmed Ansari.
Addressing the function, Nasrul Hamid said ensuring uninterrupted power supply and reaching power bill after the end of the month to consumers are the biggest challenges for the Power Ministry.
The country’s entire power distribution system will be brought under prepaid metering system by 2021, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid here on Sunday.
He made the announcement at a contract signing ceremony of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) at Bidyut Bhaban.
The DPDC signed a contract with Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd, (BDPL), an equipment-manufacturing company, operated by the Bangladesh Army.
Under the contract, the BDPL will manufacture, supply and install 10,000 prepaid electricity metres in the DPDC’s Azimpur operation area of the city in the next one year.
As per the deal, 5,000 of the prepaid metres will be installed in the next three months, while the remaining during the rest of the period. The BDPL will also operate and maintain metres for the next five years under this pilot project.
Under the system, the customers will have to purchase prepaid smart card to get electricity and recharge it for continuous supply.
The DPDC will pay about Tk 12.96 crore to the BDPL to implement the project. So far, prepaid metres have been installed in some areas under Desco in the city, including Uttara and Mirpur.
The function was also addressed by Azimpur’s MP Haji Selim, Power Secretary Monowar Islam, DPDC chairman and Additional Secretary Tapos Kumar Roy, managing director Brig General (retd) Nazrul Hasan, BDPL’s chairman Lt Gen Anwar Hossain, and managing director Asif Ahmed Ansari.
Addressing the function, Nasrul Hamid said ensuring uninterrupted power supply and reaching power bill after the end of the month to consumers are the biggest challenges for the Power Ministry.
