About 35,651 families of six upazila of Bhola district have been brought under rural electrification network by Bhola Palli Bidyut Samity (BPBS) last fiscal year (2016-17).
BPBS brought an area of 806.91 kilometres under rural electrification network in the six upazilas spending about Taka 80.70 crore said Kefaet Ullah, general manager of the BPBS.
The government took initiatives to solve the country's power crisis through setting up new power plants, he said.
He also said "we are working through a big plan to bring all the upazilas of the district under 100 percent rural electrification network."