Submarines have only been taken to the inaccessible chars of the Padma River through the riverbed. The goal was to connect 21,000 homes with electricity. The landscape of the isolated char continues to change with the lightning. In the meantime, 9,000 houses have been destroyed by river erosion. More than two hundred electricity poles have been submerged in water. Yet electricity does not stop. Now most of the houses are without electricity. In all, there are 300 to 350 connections left. AHM Maebarak Ullah, Senior General Manager, Munshiganj Palli Bidyut Samiti, shared his experience of connecting electricity in such a way in remote areas. he was disappointed to see the suffering of the people in the river. In the meanwhile people are getting optimistic again after getting electricity. Building a new house. Not only the Padma Char, but also the isolated villages scattered in different parts of the country.
Connection of electricity. For the first time in the country, power supply to Sandwip started in November 2016 by setting up a 15 km submarine center at the bottom of the sea. Work is also underway to set up power lines in 11 isolated chars in the island district of Vela. Altaf Hassan, general manager of Vela Palli Bidyut Samiti, said that 9,000 families have already been connected to 6 chars. According to the Department of Power, until 2009, 48 percent of the country’s people had access to electricity. In 12 and a half years, now 99.5 percent people have come under this facility. At this time, 3 crore 1 lakh customers have got new electricity connections. This is the total number of customers. 4 crore 9 lakhs.
Inauguration of five power plants with a capacity of 779 MW
Irrigation has increased from 2 lakh 34 thousand – now 4 lakh 46 thousand. As a result, crop production has also increased. Since the formation of the government in 2009. The Awami League government attaches importance to power generation. One power plant after another is started. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate five power plants with a capacity of 69 MW on Sunday. With this, there are now 146 power plants in the country. 119 new power plants have been constructed in the last three terms of the government. The government had set a target of generating 24,000 MW of electricity by 2021. Production capacity has already reached 25,235 MW, including captive (industrial self-generated electricity) and about 6 million sailor ham systems.
Per capita power generation has increased from 220 units (kilowatt hours) to 560 units. The power department says it was taken in 2016. Sheikh Hasina’s initiative, house to house power project. Under this project, electricity will be delivered to everyone’s house by 2021. To make it dynamic, the Rural Electrification Baird (REB) is introduced to provide electricity by taking vans from house to house. Ala’s peddlers’ program. They have already paid Rs 21 lakh by ferry from house to house. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid various works are being done to save energy by increasing efficiency. Must be out of captive. Oil-fired rental power plants are being held for emergency use. All in all, the government’s goal is to ensure energy efficient, affordable prices and uninterrupted power supply.
99.5 percent people across the country will get electricity service
According to a study conducted by BIDS, a government research institute, three years ago, the increase in power generation in Bangladesh by one million units has an impact on the macro-economy. This adds about Tk 4 crore 70 lakh to Tk 10 crore 60 lakh to the economy. According to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), the price of electricity has increased 10 times in the last 11 years. Wholesale prices rose 118 percent and retail prices rose 69.73 percent. However, the power sector has a revenue-expenditure deficit Not going to Metana. The government is giving a subsidy of Tk 9,000 crore a year. Despite the increase in power generation, there are still challenges in providing low cost and uninterrupted power supply. Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) thinks that the consumer rights organization has gone.
The organization says that even if it increases in the beginning, the price of electricity will come down for a while. But the price could not be reduced. Although the rent-based power plant was built in the short term, it has been running for a long time. So production costs. Could not control. In this regard, CAB Chairman Gaelam Rahman told Prothom Alake that the government has taken advantage of electricity all over the country out of social responsibility. The government’s efforts have been successful. But ensuring affordable electricity is also part of the government’s welfare program. The cost of power generation needs to be controlled. And only when the industry takes power from the grid, except for the captive. It can be said that there has been sustainable development in this sector.
