Rajshahi: Speakers at a meeting with mass-media people here today unequivocally called for a time-fitting and effective policy for making the energy sector sustainable and eco-friendly. Such a policy can play a pioneering role towards overall development of the country together with facing the adverse impact of climate change and eco-friendliness.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, experts and students made the observations while addressing a meeting titled “Fuel Transformation 2024 proposed by Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) to transform Fuel Equity”. CAB Youth Sangsad organised the meeting at Midas Restaurant attended by journalists, think tanks, students, and researchers.
CAB Fuel Adviser Professor Shamsul Alam, Adviser (Complain) Engineer Khademul Islam, Senior Vice-president of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sultan Mahmud, Researcher Mahbub Siddiqui, and former Additional Registrar of Rajshahi University Safiuddin Ahmed addressed the meeting with CAB Youth Sangsad local unit president Zulfiker Ali Haider in the chair.
Students from the Department of Economics at Dhaka University, including Nazufa Taznur, Aritra Rudra Dhar, and Mehbuba Afroz, presented keynote papers on different issues of the fuel sector moderated by CAB local unit general secretary Golam Mostota Mamun.
In his remarks, Prof Shamsul Alam called for ensuring transparency and accountability in the fuel sector. He mentioned that policy support, equitable price rate, and private investments can be the effective means of attaining security to sustainable energy. Prof Alam also emphasized the importance of promoting renewable energies, particularly solar power, as a crucial means of reducing the reliance on fossil fuels, which have both economic and environmental drawbacks.
He further stressed the need for institutions and research entities to collaborate in promoting the sector by making the best use of existing resources and potentialities. Prof Alam concluded by highlighting the urgency of protecting natural resources, including wetlands and water bodies, to restore a green atmosphere.