Seven traders fined in Nagarkanda, Faridpur for violating government directive on electricity conservation.

Biplab Kumar Das, Staff Reporter. At the national level, there is a government mandate to keep all types of shopping malls, markets, and business establishments closed after 8 PM for the purpose of electricity conservation. A mobile court has fined 7 traders in Nagarkanda, Faridpur for keeping their shops open after the designated time in violation of the government directive. The monitoring operation was conducted on Tuesday night in the main market of Nagarkanda upazila. The mobile court was led by Khairul Hasan, Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate of Nagarkanda upazila. During the operation, the General Manager (GM) of the Upazila Rural Electricity, Engineer Sohel Rana Chowdhury, Assistant General Manager (AGM) Engineer Shariful Alam, and members of the law enforcement agencies were present. At the end of the operation, Executive Magistrate Khairul Hasan stated that this operation was aimed at enforcing the government's scheduled time for electricity conservation. In addition to imposing fines on 7 traders for violating the directive, other traders have also been alerted and cautioned. Such monitoring operations will continue regularly in the upazila to implement the government order.