Staff Reporter :
The ruling party Awami League on Monday said that the UNESCO report on Rampal power plant was influenced by the plant protesters.
“After going through the report, I have got an impression that the Rampal plant protesters influenced the UNESCO to prepare the report,” said Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Hasan Mahmud.
He said this while addressing a press conference at AL President’s Dhanmondi political office in the city after a meeting of the party’s sub-committee on publicity and publication formed in connection with the party’s council.
The AL leaders said, “I have read the report published in different national dailies. Some funny issues have been raised in it. The report says that rivers will lose their navigability or be destroyed if dredging takes place in a 36-km area.” “It is not clear to me how rivers will get destroyed if dredging takes place there,” he said.
The former minister said, the government will reply to the UNESCO report soon. The ministries are working on it. He expressed his optimism that the UNESCO will get the real picture.
In a recent report, UNESCO expressed concern over constructing Rampal Power Plant near the Sunderbans, a UNESCO heritage site, and suggested relocation of the plant.
Prime Minister’s Political Advisor H.T Imam presided over the meeting. Central AL leader Badiuzzaman Bhuiyan Dablu, Asim Kumar Ukil and Sanzida Khanam, among others, were present.
The ruling party Awami League on Monday said that the UNESCO report on Rampal power plant was influenced by the plant protesters.
“After going through the report, I have got an impression that the Rampal plant protesters influenced the UNESCO to prepare the report,” said Awami League Publicity and Publication Secretary Hasan Mahmud.
He said this while addressing a press conference at AL President’s Dhanmondi political office in the city after a meeting of the party’s sub-committee on publicity and publication formed in connection with the party’s council.
The AL leaders said, “I have read the report published in different national dailies. Some funny issues have been raised in it. The report says that rivers will lose their navigability or be destroyed if dredging takes place in a 36-km area.” “It is not clear to me how rivers will get destroyed if dredging takes place there,” he said.
The former minister said, the government will reply to the UNESCO report soon. The ministries are working on it. He expressed his optimism that the UNESCO will get the real picture.
In a recent report, UNESCO expressed concern over constructing Rampal Power Plant near the Sunderbans, a UNESCO heritage site, and suggested relocation of the plant.
Prime Minister’s Political Advisor H.T Imam presided over the meeting. Central AL leader Badiuzzaman Bhuiyan Dablu, Asim Kumar Ukil and Sanzida Khanam, among others, were present.
