Unbearable load shedding
In our area Kalabagan, we are experiencing digital load shedding i.e. 2 hours X 5 = 10 hours a day out of 24 hours. Every day we are burning 20 litres of diesel to run the generator to supplement the power supply. It is understood that this diesel is not home grown, it is imported from abroad with foreign currency. Like us hundreds of city dwellers are doing the same thing. Had the government been serious, with these hard earned foreign currencies, it could have very well built the necessary infrastructure for power generation.
Very recently at the initiative of the Bangladesh Bank Governor, solar system has been installed on the roof top of the Bank premises to produce the much needed electricity. It is widely rumoured that changing name of the international airport has cost the national exchequer Tk 1200 crore. I think the government could have very well installed solar system on all the roof tops of the government buildings and establishment in Dhaka with that money, thereby greatly mitigating the sufferings of the people.
Instead, the government is wasting crores of taka on unproductive purposes and criticizing the past government for their alleged failure in doing the needful to mitigate the sufferings of the people. If the government really cares for the people, then it should give up these extravagant unproductive expenditures and concentrate more on pressing needs like power generation, gas generation, supply of adequate safe drinking water etc.
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