Staff Reporter :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Wednesday) will inaugurate eight power plants of 1375MW electricity generation capacity and bringing 10 upazilas under 100 percent electricity coverage, through video conferencing from her office.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday in a press briefing at Bidyut Bhaban
yesterday afternoon disclosed it to journalists. The government is working to implement the plan electricity for all by 2021, he said.
According to the BPDB officials the eight newly built power plant projects are Shahjibazar 330 MW combined cycle plant of PDB, Khulna 225 MW converted combined cycle plant of NWPGC, Ashuganj 450 MW combined cycle plant of ASPSCL, Manikganj 55 MW liquid fuel plant of Dhaka Northern Power General Ltd, Nababganj 55 MW liquid fuel plant of Dhaka Southern Power Generation Ltd, Jamalpur 95 MW dual-fuel plant of Power Pac, Barisal 110 MW dual-fuel plant of Summit Group and Madanganj 55 MW liquid fuel plant of Summit Group, the PDB director added.
10 upazilas are: Keraniganj and Savar of Dhaka, Tungipara of Munshiganj, Kotalipara of Gopalganj, Bhuapur of Tangail, Karnaphuli of Chittagong, Daganbhuiyan of Feni, Kuliarchar of Kishoreganj, Mujibnagar of Meherpur and Syedpur of Rangpur.
Thanchi of Bandarban will receive power for the first time. Power Division’s Secretary Dr Ahmed Kaikaws, Bangladesh Power Development Board’s Chairman Engineer Khaled Mahmud and Chairman of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board Major General Moin Uddin, among others were present in the function.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Wednesday) will inaugurate eight power plants of 1375MW electricity generation capacity and bringing 10 upazilas under 100 percent electricity coverage, through video conferencing from her office.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday in a press briefing at Bidyut Bhaban
yesterday afternoon disclosed it to journalists. The government is working to implement the plan electricity for all by 2021, he said.
According to the BPDB officials the eight newly built power plant projects are Shahjibazar 330 MW combined cycle plant of PDB, Khulna 225 MW converted combined cycle plant of NWPGC, Ashuganj 450 MW combined cycle plant of ASPSCL, Manikganj 55 MW liquid fuel plant of Dhaka Northern Power General Ltd, Nababganj 55 MW liquid fuel plant of Dhaka Southern Power Generation Ltd, Jamalpur 95 MW dual-fuel plant of Power Pac, Barisal 110 MW dual-fuel plant of Summit Group and Madanganj 55 MW liquid fuel plant of Summit Group, the PDB director added.
10 upazilas are: Keraniganj and Savar of Dhaka, Tungipara of Munshiganj, Kotalipara of Gopalganj, Bhuapur of Tangail, Karnaphuli of Chittagong, Daganbhuiyan of Feni, Kuliarchar of Kishoreganj, Mujibnagar of Meherpur and Syedpur of Rangpur.
Thanchi of Bandarban will receive power for the first time. Power Division’s Secretary Dr Ahmed Kaikaws, Bangladesh Power Development Board’s Chairman Engineer Khaled Mahmud and Chairman of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board Major General Moin Uddin, among others were present in the function.
