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Power Development Board (PDB) has been implementing a project to ensure a safe and dependable power supply to meet increasing demand for electricity till 2025.
Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton today inaugurated the newly constructed 33/11KV, 2X10/13.33 MVA GIS Substation at City Hat in the city under the project as the chief guest.
Project Director Jahangir Alam, Executive Engineer Nizamul Haque Sarker, Managing Director of Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited Zakiul Islam and Chief Engineer Abdur Rashid were present.
Engineer Nizamul Haque Sarker told BSS that the five and half-year project styled “Power Distribution Management Development, Rajshahi Zone” is being implemented in Rajshahi City and 16 upazilas of eight districts under Rajshahi division.
The Taka 964.16-crore project has started improving the distribution system along with capacity enhancement of the distribution zone coupled with supplying power uninterruptedly, he added.
Upon its successful implementation by the forthcoming June, the scheme will meet the gradually mounting power demand and reduce system loss.
It will also help to reduce load shedding caused by the prevailing power system weakness in the zone comprising 60 upazilas covering 16,493 square- kilometer areas with around 21.7 million people.
In recent times, a large number of new rice mills, cold-storages, poultry farms and agro-based industries were established in the region.
Besides, big shopping malls, trade centres and a large numbers of educational institutions are functioning here. An export processing zone has been set up in Pabna. These establishments have created a huge demand for power supply.
Engineer Nizamul Sarker said the project has installed seventeen 33/11 KV new substations in addition to upgradation and renovation of existing 27 others. “We are now on the final stage of constructing 1299-kilometer new distribution lines side by side with renovating 1714-kilometer existing lines,” he said.
Around 96 percent of implementation work on the project was completed so far, he added.
As a whole, the project is enormously supplementing the government vision of supplying power to all houses and establishments, Engineer Sarker mentioned.
(DS)
