07-01-2021

ThURsDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021
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BREB on track
>(From back page)
build Bangabandhu's
happy, prosperous "Sonar
Bangla" by ensuring uninterrupted
power supply for
the establishment and
development of agriculture,
education, health,
industry, trade, human
resource development,
ICT, etc. In addition, taking
on new projects for the
future.
As a result of electrification
in rural areas, new
poultry farms, fish farms,
dairy farms, small and
medium scale industries,
mills, cottage industries,
weaving industries, many
small and big businesses
etc. are being established.
REB has already provided
electricity connections to
about 1.80 lakh small scale
industries, 13,500 medium
scale industrial units, 375
large scale industrial units
and 08 special economic
zones. As a result, massive
employment is being created
in these organizations.
Unemployed youths
of the village are becoming
self-reliant by working
there. On the one hand,
unemployment is declining,
on the other hand,
their standard of living is
improving. Note that a
study conducted by REB
has shown that the electrified
industry has created
11 times more employment
than the non-electrified
industry.
In order to develop the
agricultural sector, about
55.56 lakh hectares of land
has been irrigated through
the supply of electricity by
REB to 3.53 lakh customers.
This has tapped
the immense potential to
increase food production
in the country. Through
mechanization of agriculture,
diversification of various
crops including food
grains has been possible.
Irrigation policy has been
simplified by giving
utmost importance to the
agriculture sector. Electric
machinery is more efficient
than diesel-powered
machinery and results in
10 times more cultivation
output. The availability of
electricity has improved
the market management
of the products produced
in the rural areas. In addition,
foreign exchange is
being earned by exporting
surplus agricultural products
of the country. Thus,
REB has played an outstanding
role in rural
development through agriculture
and farmer development.
The expansion of electricity
facilities in rural
Bengal has improved the
living standards of the
inhabiting population.
People are enjoying modern
civic amenities by
using modern electrical
appliances (lights, TVs,
refrigerators, air conditioners,
etc.). As a result,
the implementation of the
election mandate of the
current government "My
Village - My City" is being
accelerated and facilitated.
In addition, 85,570 households
in 1,192 project-villages
have been provided
electricity connection to
rehabilitate landless,
homeless and destitute
people under the Prime
Minister's priority "Shelter
Project".
The REB's initiative to
provide electricity connections
to 14,000 community
clinics are helping to
treat helpless, poor and
destitute people living in
rural areas. It also has
increased the quality of
maternal and child health
services, reduced the risk
of death and increased
health benefits for rural
people. Besides, electricity
connection has also been
provided to 1993 public
and private hospitals. This
997 04
is making rural medical
services cheaper and easier.
As uninterrupted power
supply has been extended
to all rural areas, the government
has set up 4,554
Union Parishad Digital
Information Centers
(DICs) to ensure access to
information and services
to the people living in rural
areas. REB has provided
electricity connection to
these Digital Information
Centers (DICs) which has
made it possible for digital
technology to reach the
doorsteps of the people for
access to information and
services. This has made it
easier for the people of the
village to get information
and services more easily
than ever before. It has
created employment
opportunities for the
unemployed youth. In
addition, computers, multimedia
projectors and
other modern equipment
are being used in 251,289
educational institutions,
including about 56,172
primary schools. As a
result, the quality of education
in rural educational
institutions is increasing.
A large number of people
in rural areas have got
access to mobile and internet
due to electricity.
Rural students are being
able to enhance their qualifications
and skills
through the use of modern
education methods and
materials in the city.
Through the communication
of modern technology
(television, internet,
mobile, electronic media)
due to the opportunity to
know and keep abreast of
all the issues of the country
and the outside world,
they are getting the scope
to be aware of their rights,
do's and don'ts; As a
result, awareness has been
created about social prejudice,
orthodoxy, lawlessness
etc. Therefore, rural
electrification activities
are having a positive
impact on the country's
economic progress, reducing
social degradation and
increasing national revenue
as a whole.
In "Mujir Year'' REB
aims to transform the
youth into skilled manpower
and ensure employment
by implementing one
of the election manifestos
of the current government,
The Power of Youth brings
Prosperity to Bangladesh.
This is also a corporate
social responsibility for
REB as the country's
largest power distributor.
Plans have been made to
provide various vocational
/ technical training to
23,100 unemployed youth.
A total of 56,620 unemployed
youths will be
trained by 2024 through
such activities. Activities
to increase women's
employment and create
women entrepreneurs are
underway through the
project titled "Energy in
Improving Rural
Livelihoods". To this end,
the project will be completed
by December 2020
at a total cost of BDT 23
crore 3 lakh 67 thousand
with the funding of
Development Partners,
GoB and REB. The project
will train a total of 2,700
people to become skilled
manpower; Among them,
30% will be women.
Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan called on Dhaka University
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman on Wednesday at the latter's
office of the university.
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