Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser Nahid Islam on Saturday directed the telecom regulator to provide free diesel for the generators to keep the mobile network tower operational in flood-hit Feni.
"In the absence of electricity, a good quantity of diesel is required to keep the 78 mobile network towers in Feni district operational. So, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has been instructed to provide free diesel to the generators deployed in the district by mobile operators to keep the network towers operational," he said, said a media release.
In this context of flood situation, it is very important to ensure uninterrupted mobile phone communication for the people of affected areas, he added.
It said portable generator (PG) (75 KV) consumes 2.3 liters of diesel per hour, while generator (DG) (30 KV) consumes 4.4 liters of diesel per hour.
So, in total 6,552 liters of diesel is used daily in the 78 generators which is worth Tk 7,14,168, while 45,864 liters in 7 days requiring Tk 49,99,176.
This amount of money is being paid from the fund of BTRC under the directive of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Adviser, added the release.
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