Dependable power, delighted customers!
The other day I went to a bank booth of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd to pay my electricity bill. I saw the above words on the top of the main gate of the DPDC Ltd office. It made me curious and I tried to read it again, but could not do it because of a sudden load-shedding at that moment. I was really delighted with the joke! The same thing happened in our village home a few months ago. When we started our dinner, the light went off. We had to use candles. The very interesting thing is that light came in only after we finished our meal. We all including our foreign sister-in-law were delighted! Load-shedding brought both cities and villages together to share its burnt. I believe because of many odds the authorities cannot keep the power supply at the desired level. The people are not happy with the words only, they want action. So without any delay, the government should put all its efforts in this sector with which entire economic activities, industrial and agricultural, are directly linked.
I put another story here. When I was in college I saw news about establishing a nuclear power project at Ruppur. There after I joined a service, then retired and that also about ten years ago. But Ruppur nuclear project remains far back as it was then, though the matter was too important to be put off for tomorrow. Now I come to what I am thinking about the matter. The government should immediately revive the nuclear power plant again and go for its early establishment with the help of a technologically developed country. Meanwhile, we should also go for coal-fired power projects. Solar power should be made available in villages. I believe and hope the government will do everything to mitigate the sufferings of the people and thus fulfil one of their election pledges.
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