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24 April 2010, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Unb, Dhaka

The government has ordered all the public offices related to power generation, transmission and distribution to remain open on Saturdays until further notice. Weekly holidays of all these offices are cut to one day -- only on Friday -- with the intention of giving more dedication to mitigate the problems of power crisis. In compliance with the order, all the offices under Power Distribution Board (PDB), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC), Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (DESCO) in the city and other offices outside the capital remained open yesterday. “We received an order from Power Division on Thursday last and accordingly we are doing our offices today (Saturday) like the other working days,” a top official at DPDC told UNB. Official sources said the order came from the government in the wake of nagging power crisis across the country. But it's not clear if such order will really bring any positive change in the power supply situation. All the relevant offices responsible for power generation, transmission and distribution normally remain open round the clock throughout the week. The officers and employees do their duties on rotation as power supply service is treated as an emergency service. “Power stations run round the clock without any intervention. Similarly, all field level transmission and distribution outlets keep open throughout the day to run the transmission and distribution system,” a PDB official said. He mentioned that the headquarters of different organisations in power sector, which are mainly responsible for the administrative works, only remain closed on the weekly holidays on Friday and Saturday. "But now on, our head office will remain open on Saturday as well. Keeping open our office on Saturday is not relevant to increased power generation," he said replying to a question about improvement of power supply situation.