Electricity price hike protested
Different socio-political organisations yesterday protested the price hike of electricity and demanded withdrawal of the decision on it.
When the government is failing to provide uninterrupted electricity supply and the people are experiencing load-shedding for about eight hours a day, the price of electricity is being increased again and again, they said.
On March 29, the government again hiked the electricity prices by Tk 0.28 per unit for bulk consumers and Tk 0.30 per unit for retail users with retrospective effect from March 1 this year.
Leaders of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) at a protest rally before the Jatiya Press Club yesterday suggested the government repairing, renovating and expanding the power plants which are out of order as well as shifting all fuel-based power plants to gas-based power plants by more gas exploration.
Leaders of Jatiya Krishak Samity in a statement said though the government has increased the price of electricity, load-shedding has not reduced.
They said the government cannot put the responsibility on the shoulders of the people as it is installing expensive rental power plants instead of taking long-term power plant projects.
Ganotantrik Bam Morcha, Pragatishil Krishibid Kendra, Bangladesh Nationalist Awami Party-Bangladesh and Bangladesh Jubo Union also protested the price hike of electricity.
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