Bangladesh, Aug. 17 -- Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) has set a target to install 10 million smart pre-paid meter by 2025 to facilitate its clients for paying hassle-free monthly power bills, official said.

"We have a target to set up 10 million smart pre-payment meter across the country by 2025," project director of smart pre-paid metering of BREB Md Rafiqul Islam told the FE.

At present BREB has 27 million clients.

Out of them, about 0.5 million are now paying monthly power bills through smart pre-paid meter system.

Three million more new clients will be included by the end of the current year.

The BREB official said that the process is underway to set up one million smart pre-paid meter involving the cost of Tk three ...