Two villages brought under rural power network in Gaibandha

BSS, Gaibandha :Two villages under Shaghata upazila in the district were brought under rural electrification network by Gaibandha Palli Bidyut Samity (GPBS) recently.Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangshad and local lawmaker Advocate Fazle Rabbi Miah inaugurated the electrification programme at Itakuri and Bhangamour villages as the chief guest.Deputy speaker said the present government, after assuming to power in 2009, took initiatives to solve the country’s power crisis through setting up new power plants.By 2021, all the villages would be brought under rural electrification programme to turn the country into a middle income one through changing the living standard of the people, he added.Upazila chairman AKM Golam Shahid Ranzu and general manager of GPBS Arif Ahmed were present on the occasion as special guests while a large number of people including the officials of GPBS, public representatives, social workers, political leaders and local elite were present.Talking to this correspondent Arif Ahmed said around 300 families of the villages would get electricity facilities to change their living standard and socio-economic condition.