Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, adviser to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources of the interim government, said that they want to reconstruct the power sector by breaking the existing structure of irregularities within.
Besides, a committee will be formed to investigate the allegations of irregularities in this sector, he told reporters after a views exchange meeting with officials in the conference room of Rupsha 800MW Combined Cycle Power Plant located in Khalishpur, Khulna on Saturday, reports UNB.
“It should be remembered that this is a new Bangladesh. Everyone has equal opportunities here. As there are risks, there are solutions,” he added.
The adviser stated, so far a development story was being read in our country that our per capita income and GDP is increasing and we are moving from a low-income country into a middle-income country. It now appears that this was false.
A power plant has been built in Khulna at a cost of around Tk 8,000 crore, which has been added to the national GDP. Even if the GDP increases, the gas-based power plant does not seem to be able to generate electricity immediately.
“Tk 8,000 crore was spent on setting up the power plant but people are not getting any benefit from it. This is the fallacy of development.”
The meeting was attended by Power Division Senior Secretary Md Habibur Rahman, Water Resources and Mineral Resources Department Secretary Md Nurul Alam, Bangladesh Power Development Board Chairman (acting) Md Rezaul Karim, Khulna Deputy Commissioner (acting) Md Yusup Ali and other officials.
