Committee formed to review roles of Palli Bidyut, Rural Electrification Board

The government has formed a five-member committee to evaluate the roles and structure of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) and Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS).

The decision has been taken in view of the two organisations' contribution to 100% electrification across the country and further improvement, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources today (24 October).

Chaired by Syed Farhat Anwar, vice-chancellor of BRAC University, the committee includes AK Enamul Haque, director of the Asian Centre for Development, Md Ziaur Rahman Khan from the EEE Department at BUET, Mohammad Mahboob Rahman from BRAC University, and Khaled Mahmud from the Institute of Business Administration at Dhaka University.

The committee will review the foundational documents and all necessary files of BREB and PBS, their organisational structure, and interview employees from all levels of both institutions and representatives of relevant organisations and associations.

BREB and PBS will provide all necessary documents to the committee, formed through an office order of the Power Division, according to the release.

Based on its review, the committee will recommend a competent, competitive, technologically skilled, and economically sustainable structure for the rural electrification sector, it added.