Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinaon on Sunday said that each and every house will be illuminated of the country by producing electricity from different sources.
The Preimer said this while inaugurating the 100percentelectricity supply programme and four power plants through a videoconference from her official residence Ganobhaban.
"We'll provide electricity connection to each house of the country, enabling our children access the country to read and learn through modern education," she said.
The upazilas which have already been brought under 100 per cent lectricity coverage are Faridpur Sadar, Rajoir, Naogaon Sadar, Kamarkhand, Akhaura, Brahmanbaria Sadar, Shalikha, Meherpur Sadar, Madon and Belabo.
The new power plants set to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister are Shikalbaha 225 MW plant, Chapainawabganj 100 MW plant, Salla 400 Kilowatt solar plant and Sharishabari 3 MW solar plant.
Sheikh Hasina said increased power production is very much essential, but this is not only for urban people.
"Our target is rural areas where grassroots people live in, we want to lighten up their houses, provide healthcare, education and improve their lifestyle," she said.
Recalling the deplorable condition of power production in 1996, Hasina said when Awami League assumed office it inherited only 1,600 MW of power production. "Only a few people enjoyed the facility of electricity while the entire rural areas were in dark."
The Prime Minister said the governments that were in power after 1975 never thought about the welfare of people as they were indulged in corruption to make their own fortunes.
The Prime Minister mentioned that the government in 2009 set a target to go for producing power quickly as part of a government plan to improve the national gridline and other supply lines.
"Considering the growing demand of power, we're moving to diversified sources of power production.
We're now getting power from solar, nuclear, coal and oil-based sources alongside importing electricity from India to meet the demand," she said, according to UNB report.
Hasina said the country is now producing 16,150 MW of electricity and 83 percent people of the country have come under the electricity coverage.
PM's Energy Adviser Towfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury and State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid also spoke at the programme.
After the inaugural programme, the Prime Minister talked to a cross-section of people through the videoconference.
