Staff Reporter:
Energy adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan yesterday asked officials concerned to ensure un-disrupted electricity connections to all polling stations nationwide within next seven days.
“Within the next week, power connections will have to be confirmed for all polling stations,” he said at a meeting on electricity generation and supply during the Ramadan, the 13th parliamentary election and the summer at Bydut Bhaban.
The adviser said that in cases of power disruptions officials and technicians concerned must take immediate steps to address the problems.
Senior officials, head of different power entities and corporations were present at the meeting.
The Election Commission (EC) on January 4 sent a letter to the Power Division seeking to install power supply system at 325 polling stations which currently have no power lines.
“There is no electricity connection at 325 polling stations among the 42,761 polling stations set up for the referendum and the 13th parliamentary election,” the EC letter had said.
