Govt embargo

No new power connection despite 3-month expires

UNB, Dhaka

Although the government embargo on giving new power connections expired three months ago, power hungry consumers have found the conditions extremely rigid to get the power.

In reality, people depending on kerosene and candle light have hardly got the power connection. Nor the businessmen long waiting for power to run the wheels of machines have got it.

While lifting embargo on November 7 last year, the government imposed some conditions to get the power connection. Many say the conditions are not only hard to comply with, but unrealistic as well.

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Source: The New Nation - Independent Daily