Staff Reporter :
The foreigners working in the country’s energy sector are now anxious about their security after Gulshan restaurant killing on Saturday.
Many of them have contacted with the official of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources to expressing their anxiety.
About one thousand foreigners, mostly from Spain, Italy, France, Russia, China, South Korea and the Netherlands, have been working in Bangladesh’s power sector. They have been fearful by the restaurant carnage, sources said.
Though the respective Ministry assured them of all kinds of security in their workplaces, the French and the Spanish have submitted their leave petitions showing personal reasons.
Towards the close of last year, 41 foreigners who worked in power plants left Bangladesh on security excuse after the killing of two foreign nationals. For that reason, the construction of power plants faced predicament.
Most of the foreign Engineers and Technicians come from a Spanish
company Isolux. Source informs, Isolux took out 38 employees from Siddhirganj 335MW power plant under Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB), two from Bibiyana 450MW power plant unit under Power Development Board (PDB) and one from Khulna 150 MW power plant under North West Power Generation Company. Most of the withdrawal staffs are Spanish. Some are Bulgarian and Argentinian.
At that time, Spanish Embassy in Dhaka first sent letters to the Power Ministry regarding its decision to pull out its nationals working at different power plant projects.
Simultaneously, the Spanish Embassy asked the Spanish company to follow its instruction to withdraw the foreign staff from the power projects until further order.
The reporters try to reach several times to State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid for his opinion in this issue, but he was not available.
The foreigners working in the country’s energy sector are now anxious about their security after Gulshan restaurant killing on Saturday.
Many of them have contacted with the official of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources to expressing their anxiety.
About one thousand foreigners, mostly from Spain, Italy, France, Russia, China, South Korea and the Netherlands, have been working in Bangladesh’s power sector. They have been fearful by the restaurant carnage, sources said.
Though the respective Ministry assured them of all kinds of security in their workplaces, the French and the Spanish have submitted their leave petitions showing personal reasons.
Towards the close of last year, 41 foreigners who worked in power plants left Bangladesh on security excuse after the killing of two foreign nationals. For that reason, the construction of power plants faced predicament.
Most of the foreign Engineers and Technicians come from a Spanish
company Isolux. Source informs, Isolux took out 38 employees from Siddhirganj 335MW power plant under Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB), two from Bibiyana 450MW power plant unit under Power Development Board (PDB) and one from Khulna 150 MW power plant under North West Power Generation Company. Most of the withdrawal staffs are Spanish. Some are Bulgarian and Argentinian.
At that time, Spanish Embassy in Dhaka first sent letters to the Power Ministry regarding its decision to pull out its nationals working at different power plant projects.
Simultaneously, the Spanish Embassy asked the Spanish company to follow its instruction to withdraw the foreign staff from the power projects until further order.
The reporters try to reach several times to State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid for his opinion in this issue, but he was not available.
