Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all to exercise austerity in using electricity and water as the government provides these utilities at subsidised prices.
The prime minister also urged everyone to practise cleanliness in every step of life.
“We provide subsidy in providing power and water to you…thousands of crores of Taka are given in this connection as a subsidy; you must be judicious in using these,” she said.
The prime minister was speaking at separate functions organised to inaugurate the newly constructed multi-storey buildings having 928 flats at Motijheel and Azimpur government colonies for public servants, according to UNB reports.
She asked all to switch lights, fans, ACs and other electrical elements off while going out from a room in their offices or homes.
“If you do that the bills be much lesser. We’ve digitised everything; now no one can temper electricity bills,” she said.
About the scarcity of water when the AL government came to power after the 2008 elections, Sheikh Hasina said her government built Sayedabad Water Treatment Plant 1 in 1996. Later, the AL government constructed Sayedabad Water Treatment Plant 2 and 3 this time.
“We’re constructing more water treatment plants,” she said.
The prime minister said it takes a good amount of money to purify one litre of water while the same for producing one watt of electricity.
“We ‘re giving subsidy…you’ve to exercise austerity.”
