AL pledges to ensure gas supply in northern, western regions

Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has
pledged to ensuring gas supply in the northern and western regions of the
country and increasing significantly the supply of gas and Liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG).

“Gas supply will be ensured in the northern and western regions of the
country, and the supply of gas and LPG will be significantly increased,” she
said while declaring the AL’s election manifesto in a city hotel today ahead
of the next general elections slated for January 7.

She pledged to produce 10,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from clean
energy.

The process of modernizing the grid to transmit electricity generated by
renewable and nuclear power plants has started, the AL President added.

In the last three terms, groundbreaking and revolutionary developments have
been made in the country’s power sector, she said.

Sheikh Hasina said uninterrupted and quality power and energy supply are
assured, and long-term plans have been adopted to increase power generation
capacity to 40,000 MW by 2030 and 60,000 MW by 2041. (BSS)