Motivate people for using renewable energy: President
Electricity Fair and Nat�l Electricity Week inaugurated
UNB
President Abdul Hamid yesterday stressed motivating grassroots people for using renewable energy as electricity generation is very expensive and requires huge investment, reports UNB.
We have to consider the energy security for the future generation. We have to keep in mind that electricity generation is very expensive which needs huge investment, he said.
The president said this while addressing the inaugural function of Electricity Fair and National Electricity Week 2015 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital.
Abdul Hamia further said, We have to come out of the mentality of using electricity at our own sweet will. We have to be economical in using electricity thinking about the future generation. The president said it is necessary to reduce system loss, increase the use of environment-friendly renewable energy by reducing dependence on fossil fuels and inspire people at the grassroots for using renewable energy.
Mentioning the importance of electricity for socio-economic development, Hamid said power and development are complimentary to each other and go hand in hand. Electricity is essential in all spheres of development, including industries, agriculture, treatment, information technology and communication.
The government has attached the top most priority to the power sector considering its importance and it has already taken short-, medium- and long-term programmes for the development of the sector, he said, adding that steps have been taken to import power from India and other Saarc countries.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Prime Ministers Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid and chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on Power, Energy and Mineral resources Md Tajul Islam, among others, spoke on the occasion. Later, the president visited stalls of the electricity fair on the BICC premise after inaugurating the fair by cutting a ribbon.
