Power disruption at Maniknagar
But alas! when the 2/3rd majority alliance government came to power, electricity again began to laugh like a lover sitting across the river. For last two years of this government electricity began to play like the sun of the autumn season, specially during day time and first half of the nights. I think this is not a lesser achievement of the government than deterioration of law and order situation in the country.
The frequent disappearance of electricity from our area may be for the following reasons besides the normal rationing of power in Dhaka:
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2. It may be pointed out that one owner here distributes electricity to a number of families (his tenants) through his only one meter.
3. 80% of the houses use single meter and indulge in the above mentioned defalcation and their billed amount does not exceed Tk 500 or 600 only per month. They do it by managing the meter-readers and DESA staff.
These need to be looked into by higher authority to lessen the sufferings of the honest consumers of the area and change the existing old transformers and wires to cater to the present need of the locality. Then we will not be unhappy for normal load-sheddings.