Prepaid meter recharging of Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (Desco) will remain suspended for 50 hours from Thursday night.

According to a Desco public notice, all kinds of prepaid meter recharging of its consumers will remain suspended from 9.59 pm on Thursday to 11.59 on Saturday due to technical improvement works.

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The Desco requested all its prepaid meter consumers to keep adequate balance in their prepaid meters to ensure uninterrupted power supply during the period and also advised to contact the phone number: 16120 for any requirement.

Desco regrets the temporary inconvenience of its consumers.

Desco is responsible for power distribution to 400 square kilometers of the Dhaka city’s west, north-west and part of eastern areas including Mirpur, Pallabi, Kafrul, Kalyanpur, Cantonment, Gulshan, Banani, Mohakhali, Uttara, Uttar Khan, Dakshin Khan, Baridhara, Badda, Tongi and Purbachal.

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Among its 10,61,848 consumers, some 5,72,692 consumers use prepaid meters to get the electricity supply.