State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday told the parliament that the total amount of electricity bills in arrears is Tk5,381cr.
“As of October 2015, the amount of outstanding electricity bills is Tk5,381cr in the country,” he said replying to a question adding that a number of measures have already been taken to realise the bills.
The junior minister said the measures include enlisting defaulters, disconnecting electricity line, forming special teams to collect the outstanding bills and taking legal actions against the defaulters.
In reply to another query, Hamid said the total system loss in power supply and distribution came down to 13.55% in 2014- 2015 fiscal from 14.13% in 2013-2014.
The system loss was 15.73% in 2009-2010 fiscal, he said.
