Consumer-level tariffs of electricity supplied by Rural Electrification Board and Power Development Board would be equalised, the finance minister has said.
'Currently the tariff of REB electricity is slightly higher than that of the PDB. So, the price will be adjusted soon,' AMA Muhith said on Friday while speaking at an exchange of views on power problems of Sylhet division at the district council auditorium.
There is a difference of Tk 0.30 between the per-unit tariffs of the two government agencies.
Public representatives of different areas raised various allegations against REB at the meeting.
The minister said power supply in the division was interrupted due to the old transmission lines, inadequate number of transformers and technical glitches at the power stations.
Muhith said Palli Bidyut Samities [Rural Power Associations], executing agencies under the REB, was supplying power in almost 50 per cent areas of the country and it might have various limitations.
'A three-month plan has been undertaken to resolve the power problem in Sylhet region,' he said hoping that the regular load-shedding period would be reduced once the plan is implemented.
The minister said the extent of load-shedding was now lower than that in any other time in the past.
'Power generation has also been increased but its supply has to be ensured.'
Chaired by Sylhet divisional commissioner NM Ziaul Alam, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Power Division secretary Abul Kalam Azad and Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury MP.
Source : New Age
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