3rd July 2020
EP Report

People's earnings have fallen drastically due to job cuts and shutdown of businesses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The middle class and the low-income people are leading a miserly life to fight the financial crisis and the deadly virus.

 

Amid this crisis and shock, retail consumers across the country were in for a double shock when they received their electricity bills in the second week of May. The majority of them alleged that they received bills that were at least twice as high as that of the previous months.

 

They said it would be an additional burden for them in this time of crisis.

 

Allegations of inflated electricity bills came from all corners of the country. Retail consumers of Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (Desco), Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) and the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) got such disproportionate bills.

 

Consumers are now gathering at the customer service points of their respective power supply companies to know why they were charged double the amount and are also demanding correct bills.

 

Some of them took to social media to express their outrage about the inflated bills after facing unbearable harassment at the customer service points.


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