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Dhaka Friday,  Mar 29, 2024

Alok-Utshab’-Starts Today Celebrating 15,000MW Power Generation

EB Report

Today, the country is on its way to celebrate of reaching a historical milestone of electricity generation. The government decided to organize an ‘Alok-Utshab’ or light festival and fireworks in respect of obtaining 15,000 MW of power generation capacity.

The government is also about to hold a few programs starting the same day in respect of achieving the power generation record. ‘Jatiya Bidyut Saptaha-2016’ is going to set off from today along with a 4-day celebration program as the country’s electricity generation capacity touches a new milestone of 15,000 MW.

Various programs are organized already accounting the coming celebration program. A countrywide debate competition was organized for the school going students.

Power Cell director general Mohammad Hossain said this year the celebration programs include essay competitions among the school and college students to create awareness for power saving and conservation and also highlighting the role of coal-fired power generation in global perspective. According to him, 76 percent of this country is now under electricity coverage.

Sources from Power division informed that, the ‘Jatiya Bidyut Saptaha-2016’ will influence the people to be sober using electricity and it will raise awareness. A fair will be also be organized as part of the celebration program, where energy efficient electric and electronic products will be prioritized, said the sources.

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