UNB, Dhaka :
State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid revealed today that the planned upward adjustment in the power tariff will go ahead, despite the fall in energy prices on the international market.
However he also added that the burden of the coming price hike, long-held to be coming in January, will not fall on the common people, who will get electricity at a very reasonable price.
The junior minister said this while addressing the closing ceremony of the first-ever Electricity Week 2014, including an
electricity fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, organised by the Power Cell.
With Power Secretary Monoar Islam in the chair, the function was also addressed by parliamentary standing committee on power and energy chairman Tajul Islam and Power Cell director General Mohammad Hossain.
Nasrul Hamid asked the power distribution companies to improve their services through automation and installing pre-paid metre system.
He said, the distribution agencies have to achieve the confidence of the customers by satisfying their demand for services.
The minister said development programmes in all the segments of the power sector including generation, transmission and distribution have to be implemented keeping in mind the situation in the developed nations.
‘All our planning should be aligned with the developed nations’ system,’ he added.
Hamid asked the officials to take measures to reach electricity to off grid areas of the county through solar power, an initiative that has already met with success in the country.
The state minister also warned against the spread of the substandard solar panels now being sold in the market.
State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid revealed today that the planned upward adjustment in the power tariff will go ahead, despite the fall in energy prices on the international market.
However he also added that the burden of the coming price hike, long-held to be coming in January, will not fall on the common people, who will get electricity at a very reasonable price.
The junior minister said this while addressing the closing ceremony of the first-ever Electricity Week 2014, including an
electricity fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, organised by the Power Cell.
With Power Secretary Monoar Islam in the chair, the function was also addressed by parliamentary standing committee on power and energy chairman Tajul Islam and Power Cell director General Mohammad Hossain.
Nasrul Hamid asked the power distribution companies to improve their services through automation and installing pre-paid metre system.
He said, the distribution agencies have to achieve the confidence of the customers by satisfying their demand for services.
The minister said development programmes in all the segments of the power sector including generation, transmission and distribution have to be implemented keeping in mind the situation in the developed nations.
‘All our planning should be aligned with the developed nations’ system,’ he added.
Hamid asked the officials to take measures to reach electricity to off grid areas of the county through solar power, an initiative that has already met with success in the country.
The state minister also warned against the spread of the substandard solar panels now being sold in the market.
