Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board

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HISTORY OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN BANGLADESH  Development plans of Bangladesh has identified rural electrification as one of the major components of  overall infrastructure, implementation of which, it is held, can accelerate the pace of economic growth,  employment generation, alleviation of poverty and improve living standard. A well planned and  organizational rural electrification program was however, not existed till 1970s. The electrification  program as carried...

HISTORY OF RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN BANGLADESH  Development plans of Bangladesh has identified rural electrification as one of the major components of  overall infrastructure, implementation of which, it is held, can accelerate the pace of economic growth,  employment generation, alleviation of poverty and improve living standard. A well planned and  organizational rural electrification program was however, not existed till 1970s. The electrification  program as carried out by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) was mainly limited to urban  centers and at best to their peripheries. At that time, the Government of Bangladesh engaged two  consulting firms of USA to carry out a comprehensive feasibility study on rural electrification in  Bangladesh. The firms studied all related issues in depth and put forward recommendation towards a  sustainable and viable rural electrification program. In addition to the new institutional framework, the  study emphasized for Area Coverage and Co-operati  ve concept. It is against this backdrop, Rural  Electrification (REB) was created by the Government  of Bangladesh (GOB) in  late 1970's through REB  ordinance LI of 1977. The Board is a statutory Government organization primarily responsible for  implementing countrywide rural electrification.  Since inception, BREB sets forth the following major objectives in implementing the rural  electrification program.