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NASRUL-POWER (With picture)
Underground lines to ensure uninterrupted power supply: Nasrul
DHAKA, Dec 6, 2018 (BSS) – State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral
Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the underground lines would ensure
uninterrupted power supply and reduce system loss.
“The underground power network will ensure uninterrupted power supply,
reduce system loss, reduce client hassle and grow beauty of city,” he said
this while speaking as the chief guest at a signing ceremony of feasibility
study of replacement for existing overhead lines with underground
distribution network in Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Limited area
at the Mukti Hall of Bidyut Bhaban here.
The state minister said the government will reach electricity to every
house prior to the stipulated timeframe.
The government has undertaken initiatives to replace existing power
distribution lines with underground following global modern cities as the
government took steps for appointing an international standard consultancy
firm to conduct feasibility study under DPDC area, he said.
Acting secretary of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Limited Hasnat
Chowdhury and Principal Engineer Khandker Wahidul Islam on behalf of Energy
Tron Australia signed the contract on behalf of their respective sides.
Among others, power secretary Dr Ahmed Kaikaus, DPDC chairman M
Shafiqullah, Bangladesh Power Development Board chairman Engineer Khaled
Mahmood, DPDC managing director Bikash Dewan and officials concerned were
present.
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