Staff Reporter :
The tender process for the 1200MW power plant at Maheshkhali with Japanese soft loan has been stopped for the time being due to security reasons in the wake of deadly terror attack at a café in the city.
“As per the financer’s advice, the tender process for the coal-fired power plant has been stopped for the time being. They think that it would be better not to go for it right now,” State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Sources Nasrul Hamid told The New Nation on Saturday.
He came up with this observation as he was requested to say about the development of the project following the report published in The Japan Times on Friday that the tender process has been stopped due to security reasons in the wake of the Gulshan terror attack.
The chief of Coal Power Generation Company (CPGC), the implementing agency, said the process has not been halted, but the deadline extended.
Two Japanese companies — Toshiba Corporation and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power System Ltd — were expected to take part in the tender. The Matarbari 2×600 Megawatt Ultra Super
Critical Coal Fired Power Project is expected to be completed in October, 2023.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to provide Tk 29,000 crore out of Tk 36,000 crore for the project. The Matarbari the coal-fired 1200MW power project is being implemented with Japanese soft loan.
However, Nasrul Hamid said, the work on land development would continue. The tender process for the power plant was scheduled to be finalised on July 24.
“The JICA has not informed us about its decision officially yet. I will talk to the Japan Ambassador and JICA’s Bangladesh Chief on the issue,” he said.
Replying to a query, Nasrul Hamid said JICA did not give any specific time frame when the process might start.
“But I could say the process might begin within a month,” he said.
In August last year, the Bangladesh government cleared the coal-fired power plant at Matarbari in Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali, which would cost Tk 36,000 crore.
As many as 20 people, including 17 foreigners, were killed in the July 1 attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery. Seven Japanese nationals were among those killed. They were surveyors for the Dhaka metrorail project.
The tender process for the 1200MW power plant at Maheshkhali with Japanese soft loan has been stopped for the time being due to security reasons in the wake of deadly terror attack at a café in the city.
“As per the financer’s advice, the tender process for the coal-fired power plant has been stopped for the time being. They think that it would be better not to go for it right now,” State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Sources Nasrul Hamid told The New Nation on Saturday.
He came up with this observation as he was requested to say about the development of the project following the report published in The Japan Times on Friday that the tender process has been stopped due to security reasons in the wake of the Gulshan terror attack.
The chief of Coal Power Generation Company (CPGC), the implementing agency, said the process has not been halted, but the deadline extended.
Two Japanese companies — Toshiba Corporation and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power System Ltd — were expected to take part in the tender. The Matarbari 2×600 Megawatt Ultra Super
Critical Coal Fired Power Project is expected to be completed in October, 2023.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is to provide Tk 29,000 crore out of Tk 36,000 crore for the project. The Matarbari the coal-fired 1200MW power project is being implemented with Japanese soft loan.
However, Nasrul Hamid said, the work on land development would continue. The tender process for the power plant was scheduled to be finalised on July 24.
“The JICA has not informed us about its decision officially yet. I will talk to the Japan Ambassador and JICA’s Bangladesh Chief on the issue,” he said.
Replying to a query, Nasrul Hamid said JICA did not give any specific time frame when the process might start.
“But I could say the process might begin within a month,” he said.
In August last year, the Bangladesh government cleared the coal-fired power plant at Matarbari in Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali, which would cost Tk 36,000 crore.
As many as 20 people, including 17 foreigners, were killed in the July 1 attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery. Seven Japanese nationals were among those killed. They were surveyors for the Dhaka metrorail project.
