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Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina aptly called upon all to act responsibly and maintain austerity in electricity use.
“Developed countries including France also made such a call to people. I request our critics to encourage the people to this end,” he told journalists at his office.
Urging the critics to take a look at global situation, he said the entire world is facing fuel crisis due to coronavirus pandemic and Russia-Ukraine conflict as both fuel price and carrying cost rose indiscriminately. Hasan said the Australian authorities called upon thousands of families to save electricity as the people of different provinces are experiencing severe load shedding for 10 to 18 hours a day.
Europe that never faces electricity cut is now also witnessing load shedding while the United Nations Security Council’s permanent member France is also calling upon its people to save electricity. The minister said Bangladesh’s power sector is actually based on fuel as all coal-based power plants are yet to join in power generation completely.
That is why, the government gave Tk 28,000 crore subsidy in power sector and Tk 25,000 crore in energy sector, he mentioned.
