Industrial power, gas crisis to start easing from Tuesday: Mahdi Amin

The power and gas crisis affecting the industrial sector will start easing from Tuesday night, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has assured business leaders at a meeting held at the Secretariat on Monday.

Afterwards, Prime Minister’s Adviser and Spokesperson Mahdi Amin detailed the outcome of the meeting during an exchange with reporters.

During the meeting, the prime minister outlined short-, medium- and long-term comprehensive plans to resolve the country’s power and fuel supply crisis to the satisfaction of business leaders, Mahdi Amin told reporters.

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Earlier, emerging from the meeting with PM, Md Fazlul Haque, administrator at the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), confirmed reporters that Tarique Rahman had assured them of improved energy and power supplies starting Tuesday night.

The entire country is suffering from the energy crisis, and the prime minister has assured the crisis would ebb in the industrial sector from Tuesday night, he said.

The FBCCI chief also said that the premier provided a detailed blueprint for addressing the power crisis, which he said would also contribute to attracting much needed investment to the industries.

Earlier, high officials from 21 leading business organisations took part in the three-hour-long meeting with the prime minister at the Cabinet Division’s office at the Secretariat.

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