Several ruling party lawmakers in the House yesterday blasted the power ministry for outages in their constituencies causing sufferings to people.
During the question-answer hour, Awami League lawmakers Tofail Ahmed, Joynal Abedin, Abdul Mannan and Abdur Rahman criticised the poor performance of the ministry.
"People in Bhola are now living in darkness. They even cannot recharge their mobile phones," senior AL legislator Tofail Ahmed noted describing the awful power situation.
A 34.5 megawatt power plant in the district has been shut down for the last one month, he added.
Despite being the lowest bidder, a Malaysian company did not get work order in last seven months for generating power in Bhola, Tofail pointed out adding, the firm was preparing to leave the country.
He also questioned about who between the minister and the adviser has been running the ministry.
In response to lawmakers' queries, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Brig Gen (retd) Muhammad Enamul Huq said various measures had been taken by the government to improve the overall power situation.
Source : The Daily Star
