India, Aug. 10 -- Residents of Parbatipur in Dinajpur have staged a human chain demanding a stop to the installation of prepaid electricity meters.
The half-hour-long human chain was held on Sunday at Parbatipur Dhaka Mor area, where speeches were delivered by Abu Taher Hossain, Oliul Islam, Mahfizul Islam Masum, Asaduzzaman Rohan, Wazed Dulal, and Zakir Hossain on behalf of the Conscious Citizens' Committee.
Speakers said that since digital electricity meters are already in place, there is no need to install new prepaid meters. They alleged that prepaid meters deduct extra money without any means of redress. Therefore, they declared that no prepaid meters from NESCO will be allowed to be installed in the area.
The leaders warned that if...