Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Additional budgetary allocations have been sought for public entities under different ministries to enable them to pay off electricity-bill arrears as they owe a hefty amount to the power-distribution companies.

Sources say the Power Division has requested the Ministry of Finance to make additional allocations in favour of the ministries and divisions concerned to bail out the bill defaulters.

According to Power Division data available until August this year, the public entities under the ministries/divisions owe some Tk 24.30 billion to the electricity-distribution companies.

"Due to the non-payment of bills the power-distribution companies have been incurring financial losses alongside facing disruptions to the upgr...