A total of 819 houses of seven villages under Faridganj upazila of Chandpur have been brought under rural electrification network by Chandpur Palli Bidyut Samity-2 (CPBS) on Saturday.
Local lawmaker Dr M Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan formally inaugurated the electrification programme as the chief guest in Kamta village.
The seven villages are: Kamta, Badarpur, Bachpar, Sachonmegh, Surungachile, Subidpur and Shaldah.
Upazila chairman Abu Sahed Sarker, vice chairman Wahidur Rahman and deputy general manager of Kamta zonal office Rafikul Islam, among others, were present on the occasion.
CPBS brought an area of 13 kilometres under rural electrification network spending Tk 19.6 million (Tk 1.96 crore), reports BSS.
