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From: Shamim Huq <ShamimMHuq@Yahoo.com>
To: FOB <FutureOfBangladesh@Yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2012 10:26 PM
Subject: [FutureOfBangladesh] Bangladesh hopes to solve power crisis within two years ...
Gulf Times | ||
Bangladesh hopes to solve power crisis within two years | ||
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Bangladeshi Finance Minister A M A Muhith said yesterday the power crisis in the country will be resolved in the next two years. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the country's biggest shipyard "Khan Brothers Shipbuilding" at Gazaria in Munshiganj district, the Daily Star reported.Ensuring electricity supply to the industries is one of the main pledges of the government, he said. Meanwhile, in an interview with an Indian news agency in New Delhi, Bangladesh Power Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad said that Bangladesh would need about $30bn for its planned power capacity addition over the next five-six years and expects about 25-30% of the investments for the same to come from India. "I expect around 25-30% investments (of our expected total) would come from India," he said. In January, India's NTPC inked a pact with Bangladesh Power Development Board to build $1.5bn Khulna project - having 1,320MW capacity. Separately, NTPC has agreed to export 250MW power to Bangladesh. To meet its growing needs, Bangladesh would be building nuclear power plant with Russia. |
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