Staff Reporter :
The Rampal power plant protesters on Thursday said that they would seek Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cooperation to scrap the plan of setting up the coal-based plant near the Sundarbans.
A letter will be sent to the Indian Premier for taking steps to save the world’s largest mangrove forest and the World Heritage Site.
The request letter will be submitted through the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka on October 18, said Anu Muhammad, member-secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports at a press conference in Dhaka.
The committee will also bring out a procession on the day.
The 1,320MW coal-based power plant project is being implemented at Rampal, which is 14-km away from the Sundarbans amid widespread criticisms at home and abroad. They argue that
the project will badly affect the Sundarbans.
The government, contrarily, said that the project would not affect the environment of the mangrove forest and its environment, and made it clear that the project would be implemented.
Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited – a joint venture with equal stake between Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) of India – is implementing the project.
The Rampal power plant protesters on Thursday said that they would seek Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cooperation to scrap the plan of setting up the coal-based plant near the Sundarbans.
A letter will be sent to the Indian Premier for taking steps to save the world’s largest mangrove forest and the World Heritage Site.
The request letter will be submitted through the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka on October 18, said Anu Muhammad, member-secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports at a press conference in Dhaka.
The committee will also bring out a procession on the day.
The 1,320MW coal-based power plant project is being implemented at Rampal, which is 14-km away from the Sundarbans amid widespread criticisms at home and abroad. They argue that
the project will badly affect the Sundarbans.
The government, contrarily, said that the project would not affect the environment of the mangrove forest and its environment, and made it clear that the project would be implemented.
Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited – a joint venture with equal stake between Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) of India – is implementing the project.
