Staff Reporter :
The BNP on Friday vowed to continue its opposition to the Rampal power plant even after the government claimed that the UNESCO had withdrawn its objection about the project located near the Sundarbans.
“Our party will continually oppose the Rampal coal fired power plant near the Sundarbans as the experts and intellectuals have warned about the negative impacts of the plant and the adverse environment. It does not matter what does an international body or organisation say about the project,’ said BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi during a human chain programme in front of the National Press Club in the city.
Swadhinata Forum organised the programme demanding release of BNP leader Barkatullah Bulu, Jainul Abdin Faruk and others.
Abu Naser Muhammad Rahmatullah, the President of the forum presided over the programme, while BNP leader Abdus Salam and Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee and others were present.
“Our party supports the campaign by experts, intellectuals and environmentalists who have warned about the negative impacts of this plant on the environment,” he said.
Some researchers from India and other country and organisations are also worried about its serious effects on both human bodies and animals, he added.
Rizvi alleged that the government’s plan to set up the thermal power plant was destructive and illegal.
The government signed an agreement with India in 2016 to set up the thermal power plant jointly at Bagerhat’s Rampal.
The Bangladesh government has since been rejecting environmental activists’ protests that the plant is a threat to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
The UNESCO too opposed the plant’s location near the Sundarbans, a world heritage site.
The government on Thursday announced that the UNESCO has endorsed the project during its 41st session of the World Heritage Committee in Poland.
The BNP on Friday vowed to continue its opposition to the Rampal power plant even after the government claimed that the UNESCO had withdrawn its objection about the project located near the Sundarbans.
“Our party will continually oppose the Rampal coal fired power plant near the Sundarbans as the experts and intellectuals have warned about the negative impacts of the plant and the adverse environment. It does not matter what does an international body or organisation say about the project,’ said BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi during a human chain programme in front of the National Press Club in the city.
Swadhinata Forum organised the programme demanding release of BNP leader Barkatullah Bulu, Jainul Abdin Faruk and others.
Abu Naser Muhammad Rahmatullah, the President of the forum presided over the programme, while BNP leader Abdus Salam and Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee and others were present.
“Our party supports the campaign by experts, intellectuals and environmentalists who have warned about the negative impacts of this plant on the environment,” he said.
Some researchers from India and other country and organisations are also worried about its serious effects on both human bodies and animals, he added.
Rizvi alleged that the government’s plan to set up the thermal power plant was destructive and illegal.
The government signed an agreement with India in 2016 to set up the thermal power plant jointly at Bagerhat’s Rampal.
The Bangladesh government has since been rejecting environmental activists’ protests that the plant is a threat to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest.
The UNESCO too opposed the plant’s location near the Sundarbans, a world heritage site.
The government on Thursday announced that the UNESCO has endorsed the project during its 41st session of the World Heritage Committee in Poland.
