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PALLI-BIDYUT-GAIBANDHA
Electricity reaches 749 Gaibangha villages
GAIBANDHA, JUNE 12, 2018 (BSS)-A total of 749 villages out of 828 ones of
five upazilas in the district have been brought under rural electrification
network by Gaibandha Palli Bidyut Samity (GPBS).
GPBS sources said the Samity has undertaken a scheme to bring all the
villages under power supply network by 2018 in fulfillment of the present
government’s decision to this effect.
Accordingly, the work on constructing power transmission line, pillar
establishment and transformer installation have been going on in full swing.
Under the work, as many as 3524 kms of line with other equipments has
already been constructed and the rest 192 km of lines would be finished by
September, said an official.
By this time, all the villages of Sadar, Shaghata and Fulchhari were
brought under 100 percent power network and the villages of Gobindaganj and
Palashbari would be brought under cent percent power coverage by September,
2018, he also said.
Talking to this correspondent, general manager of GPBS GHM Wahedul Haque
said necessary measures have been adopted to supply power to the consumers of
the Samity uninterruptedly during the month of Ramadan.
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