Prices of electricity and water must not be increased
As per recent reports, the price of electricity will rise by 5.3 percent, where each unit of electricity will cost Tk 7.13, effective from March 1. Additionally, WASA has proposed increasing its tariff by 80 percent for residential and commercial use, charging Tk 20 for each unit (1000 litres) instead of the current price of Tk 11.57.
The prices of essentials in Bangladesh are already costly. At the beginning of July 2019, the government had hiked the price of gas for all users by 32.8 percent. Now that the government has decided to raise the price of electricity, it will further burden our lives. The government should reconsider increasing the prices of such essential utilities. I think instead of taking such decisions, it should instead pay heed to the alarming number of deaths caused by road crashes, fire outbreaks and other calamities that take lives.
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