1.7 million customers moved to pre-paid electricity meters

Bangladesh, Feb. 27 -- At least 1.7 million customers have switched from post-paid to pre-paid electricity meters, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.

The government aims to bring electricity users in the urban areas under the pre-paid scheme by 2021 and in the rural areas by 2025, he added.

Nasrul was responding to a question from Awami League MP Waresat Hussain during a parliamentary session on Tuesday.

There are 31.5 million electricity users in the country at present, according to the government's power cell. Around 93 percent of the country's population has access to electricity.

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