Energy & Power - EP_22_24 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 24 June 1, 2024)

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The unrest shaking Bangladesh’s rural electrification sector isn’t just a labor dispute—it’s a cry for dignity from the people who power the nation’s villages. For decades, workers under the Palli Bidyut Samities (PBSs) have quietly kept the lights on in homes, schools, and farms across rural Bangladesh. Many have served for years without job security, fair pay, or recognition—treated as essential, yet expendable. Their demand for regular jobs, service integration, and a unified pay structure isn’t just about better conditions; it’s about being seen and respected as professionals, not faceless cogs in an invisible system. While the government has addressed some issues, such as regularizing positions and improving benefits, the deeper tensions remain. The dual structure between the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) and the PBSs has bred confusion, mistrust, and inefficiency. Workers say their voices go unheard. Management sees their demands as disruptive. And in the middle, rural consumers now worry whether the electricity they rely on will become collateral damage in a power struggle.
There’s still time to change course. Dialogue—not confrontation—must be the path forward. The committee tasked with resolving this crisis must do more than review files; it must listen, understand, and recommend reforms that are bold, just, and lasting. This is a moment of reckoning for Bangladesh’s rural power sector. Real reform must.

Energy & Power Magazine Description:

Energy & Power (EP) is the first and only full-fledged fortnightly magazine that deals with the much cried over energy and power sector in Bangladesh. Since its inception in June 16, 2003, EP is working very hard to 
a) Develop public consciousness on sustainable and even development of energy sector; 
b) Assist the policy makers in assuming pragmatic policies for a balanced development of the energy sector; 
c) Continuous supply of information among public; and 
d) Develop a group of reporters in this field 

Bangladesh is an energy deficit country like other countries in the region and most of the people do not have adequate access to the energy and power. The country is completely dependent on fossil energy source; at the same time, it is one of the most inefficient energy using countries in the world. 
It lacks efficiency in planning, management, generation, distribution, load management and even at the end user level consumption. 
In spite of the above drawbacks, issues relating to utilization of renewable energy, exploring alternative use of energy, planned use of environment friendly energy are significantly undermined in Bangladesh. 
The biggest challenge of Bangladesh is to find a path for balanced growth of its energy sector. Despite its resource constraints, EP dynamically strives to provide theenergy sector with a flow of information and create public awareness; so that policymakers get guidelines and platforms for its sustainable development.

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