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Electricity is the driving force of modern civilization as well as the back-bone of all development activities of the country. But the present generation capacity of the country is not sufficient enough to meet the prevailing load demand of the country and causes insurmountable impedance to the development activities in industrial, commercial, agricultural and other social sectors. Furthermore, the load demand is increasing at a faster rate which needs more power plants to generate electricity for supporting the development activities for total development of the country. In spite of this, the Government is committed to provide electricity for all by 2020. To cope-up with the growing load demand as well as to comply with the policy of the Government enough generation of electricity needs to be added |
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The Electricity Directorate was established in order 1947 in order to plan and improve supply situation of the then East-Pakistan (Present Bangladesh). Considering the increasing demand of electricity and its importance in agriculture and industry, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) was created to ensure the rapid development of power system in 1959. After independence of Bangladesh on 31st May, 1972 by the P.O. No. 59, WAPDA was bifurcated into two parts - Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB). BPDB was overall responsible for power generation, transmission and distribution. But under Govt. Power Sector Reforms Policy several transmission, distribution and generation companies were established. As a consequence, BPDB has become the nodal institution in the power sector under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. In the recent past, a number of generation companies have been created under the reforms program. NWPGCL is an outcome of this program. NWPGCL is an enterprise of BPDB. This company was created in order to meet the prevailing demand of electricity and to solve the low-voltage problem the in the North-West region of the country. |
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