DHAKA: In a bid to upgrade power distribution system in Rajshahi zone, the process of bringing two lakh new subscribers under electricity coverage will begin in July this year.

Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a development project to improve power supply in the zone costing Tk 915 crore.

The approval came from a meeting of the government’s highest policy-making body at the NEC conference room in the capital with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

The project “Power Distribution Development Project, Rajshahi Zone” will be implemented by December in 2018, starting from July, 2015.

This development project will reduce four percent system loss, sources said.

Planning Commission member (industry and energy sector) SM Golam Farukh told banglanews that at least two lakh customers will get power supply after completion of the project.

Moreover, some five lakh customers will get power supply in several phases within 2015, he added.

BDST: 1752 HRS, MAR 24, 2015