‘Uninterrupted electricity supply during Ramadan’
Uninterrupted electricity supply will be ensured across the country during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan.
Measures will have to take for uninterrupted electricity supply during the Tarabi prayers in Ramadan, but also ensure it round the clock in the holy month, according to an inter-ministerial meeting held at Bidyut Bhaban in capital Dhaka on Tuesday.
Prime Minister's energy advisor Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, spoke at the meeting as the chief guest with power division secretary Md Habibur Rahman in the chair.
The meeting asked all concerned to avoid load shedding during Iftar, Tarabi prayers and Seheri time and also be alert about load shedding with technical faults or other causes.
It said that authorities would take necessary measures to generate electricity according to the demand in the evening time (peak hour).
All distribution companies need to inspect and replace overloaded transformers and keep adequate transformers in store, the meeting said.
It also emphasized to cut illegal power connections and aware about power efficiency through publicity at print and electronic media.
The meeting advised all to replace LED bulbs instead of CFL bulbs and avoid switch on of extra bulbs at supermarkets, petrol pumps and CNG gas stations.
Shops, markets and stalls will follow existing rules and regulations during the Ramadan and limited use of AC at Shopping mall, departmental stores during Iftar and Tarabi prayers.
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) presented a PowerPoint description on electricity demand, power generation and distribution.
The electricity demand could be 15,500 MW and the potential demand for gas at 1,500 MMCFD during the ongoing summer.
Adviser Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, said that this is a country of 100% electrification, so meetings are irrelevant.
"The meeting was held due to global situation, but if everyone is together then there will be no problem," he said.
The advisor asked to all for economical in use of electricity.
Energy division secretary Md Mahbub Hossain, BPDB chairman Md Mahbubur Rahman, Petrobangla chairman Nazmul Ahsan, Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) chairman Md Selim Uddin, Power Cell Director General Engineer Mohammad Hossain and representative of various ministries and departments under power and energy ministry were present.
Source: BSS
