From now on, customers in certain areas of the country will be able to pay their rural electricity prepaid bills without any hassle through ‘Nagad’. In addition to eliminating the hassle of paying electricity bills of the customers, ‘Nagad’ has come up with the facility of paying prepaid meter bills for financial savings.
From now on, customers of Savar, Keraniganj, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, Gazipur, Munshiganj, Manikganj and Bhaluka will be able to pay their prepaid meter electricity bills through 12 Palli Bidyut Samiti through ‘Nagad’ app or USSD (*167#). In addition, customers can go to their nearest ‘Nagad’ entrepreneur and pay their electricity bills free of cost.
If customers want to pay their electricity bill through ‘Nagad’ app, they have to select ‘Pay’ from the home screen of ‘Nagad’ app at the beginning. Then they have to select BREB by selecting Electricity. Next, they have to write the amount of the bill with the meter number. Then to tap and hold the PIN number of ‘Nagad’.
In order to pay the prepaid bill of Palli Bidyut using the USSD code of ‘Nagad’, the customer has to first dial *167#. Then select ‘Bill Pay’ by pressing 5 from the menu. Then you have to select BREB by selecting Electricity. Next you have to enter the amount of the bill with the meter number and pay the bill with the pin-number of ‘Nagad’.
Once the bill is paid, customers will receive an SMS with a token number. The customer has to complete the recharge by entering this token number manually in his digital meter.
In case of paying prepaid bills of Palli Bidyut through ‘Nagad’, a customer can pay any amount starting from a minimum of 50 taka to maximum amount. Earlier, ‘Nagad’ launched postpaid meter billing service without charging any fee. This has created an opportunity for people to save money. Besides, no one has to stand in line to pay the electricity bill.
Sheikh Aminur Rahman, Chief Marketing Officer, Nagad, said, “Nagad is constantly working to get people accustomed to digital life and to introduce new services.” We believe that this new service will play a role in making people’s lives easier and people will be able to enjoy this service at home.