Dahagram-Angarpota enclave taken under solar power plant

  • 05/04/2008

  • New Age (Bangladesh)

Dahagram-Angarpota enclave taken under solar power plant Our Correspondent . Lalmonirhat The inhabitants of Dahgram-Angarpota enclave have taken under solar power plant and they got electricity on Thursday in fulfillment of their long cherished demand. The chief engineer of Power Development Board of Rangpur region, Latifur Rahaman, switched on the solar power plant. Initially 100 families will get power supply from the solar project. Rangpur Power Development Board is implementing the project with the assistant of Dhaka Solar Power Project. The residents of the enclave could not so long be given electricity as the Indian authority did not allow taking the power line from the Bangladeshi mainland over the Tin Bigha corridor. Latifur Rahaman said the people of the area didn't have to pay for getting connections of solar power at house or business centres.