Bangladesh Close to Full Electricity Coverage

At present 461 upazilas of the country are now under 100% electricity. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said 461 upazilas of the country have been fully electrified. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury presided over the question and answer session in the National Parliament.

Replying to a question by Mamata Hena Lovely, the state minister said it has been possible to bring more than 99.5 per cent people of the country under 100 per cent electrification. With the exception of some remote off-grid areas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a roadmap has been formulated to ensure 100% electrification activities irrespective of grid-off-grid in Mujib Year and it is being implemented through intensive supervision.

Replying to another question from ruling party MP Kazim Uddin Ahmed, the state minister said 56.42 per cent of the country's electricity generated in the 2020-21 fiscal year was used in the residential sector, 10.58 per cent in the commercial sector and 28.40 per cent in the industrial sector.

The state minister for power said the use of electricity in the residential sector has increased due to the ongoing 100 per cent electrification activities. If the various activities of the government and the economic zones are introduced in phases, the use of electricity in the industrial sector will also increase in phases.

Replying to a question by government party member Nurnabi Chowdhury, the state minister said the power generation capacity target for 2021 was set at 24,000 MW considering the development of the power sector and the growing demand for electricity in the future. In the last 12 years, the target has been achieved by increasing the capacity to 25,235 MW including captive and renewable energy.

 

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