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WZPDCL starts installation of smart pre-payment meters
KHULNA, Sept 3, 2020 (BSS) – State-owned West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) has started installation of smart pre-payment meter in Magura district aiming to ensure transparency and accountability in bill payment system.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today inaugurated the installation work through a virtual conference from his secretariat office as the chief guest.
The state minister said the government has a plan to bring all the consumers under smart pre-payment metering system aimed at reducing system loss, pilferage and overbilling in power consumption across the country.
As part of the government’s plan to bring all power consumers under smart pre-payment metering system, a move underway to install 88 lakh smart pre-paid meters in phases across the country, he added.
WZPDCL started providing pre-paid smart electric meters to 21 districts in the country’s south-west region.
“The government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is relentlessly working to bring all citizens under power coverage. Our generation capacity has now reached 22,787 MW. We are also working hard to supply uninterrupted electricity to all,” Nasrul said.
Deputy Commissioner of Magura district Mohammad Ashraful Alam presided over the function at his conference room.
Advocate Saifuzzaman Shikhor MP, Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr. Sultan Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of Directors of WZPDCL and Additional Secretary (Planning) of the ministry Rahmatulla Md. Dastagir, Managing Director of WZPDCL Engineer Md. Shafiq Uddin, Chairman of Magura Zila Parishad Pankaj Kundu and Superintendent of Police Khan Muhammad Rezwan were also present the function, among others.
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