DESA Office (Dhaka)

Now used as Central Transport and Repair Center.

There is a public saying that Nawab of Dhaka installed a small generator in his residence "Ahsan Monjil" and started generating power at 5pm on 7th of December 1901, which is considered as the introduction of electricity in the then Dhaka city. Later, in and arround 1930, M/S. DEVCO, a subsidiary of M/S. Octavians Steel Company, developped electricity distribution system at 400V level under complete private ownership and brought that for public use. In the year 1933 a power generating station named "Dhanmondi Power House" was established at Paribagh (the present site) with two 1500 KW generators each and from there the electricity distribution system was started to sale to the public on commercial basis. The government of East Pakistan took over the private power generation houses and distribution lines in 1957.