Underground power cabling work
Underground power cabling works at Hatirjheel: Commuters’ ordeal unlikely to end soon
Commuters in the capital may have to wait for some more months to get relief from the hazard they have been experiencing due to road digging in the southern part of Hatirjheel for the underground power cabling works.
The delay in the works and the monsoon intensified the sufferings of the city commuters who use the Hatirjheel roads to quickly reach from Gulshan or Rampura to Moghbazar. The roads have turned muddy and the vehicles frequently get stuck in the potholes.
According to official sources, the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) have been laying high voltage underground cables through digging the roads in the area to replace their overhead cables.
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The DPDC has completed its works while the part of the PGCB’s works still ongoing and it needs more than two weeks to complete, said an official of the PGCB.
“Now our cable joining works are going on in Rampura area. We’ll need at least two more weeks to complete the jobs,” Badruzzaman Sumon, public relations office of the PGCB, told UNB.
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“After completion of the works, the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) will repair the roads as the area is under its jurisdiction,” he said.
Then Rajuk will take initiative to repair the roads and it may take more than a month, said a source.
The DPDC started the work in March this year to lay underground cables to replace the high voltage overhead transmission lines in Hatirjheel area.
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