Khulna Correspondent //

Muhammad Fawzul Kabir Khan, adviser to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges and Ministry of Railways of the Interim Government said that the power plant has been constructed in Khulna at a cost of around nine thousand crore taka, 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.

He said this while briefing the media persons after the meeting with the officials in the conference room of Rupsa 800 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Khalishpur, Khulna on Saturday morning.

The advisor said, we knew long ago that the gas reserves in Bangladesh will decrease, it will not be possible to supply gas to power plants from here. Nine thousand crore rupees were spent on setting up the power plant. But people are not getting any benefit from it. This is the fallacy of development.

He said, till now the story of development was being taught in our country. In Bangladesh our per capita income and GDP are increasing and we are moving from a low income country to a middle income country. It now appears that this was a mistake.

The advisor also said, we want to restructure the power companies. I want to break the structure of irregularities in the power sector. A committee will be formed to investigate the allegations of irregularities in this sector. It should be remembered that this is a new Bangladesh. Everyone has equal opportunities here. As there are crises, there are solutions.

Regarding the reduction in the price of fuel oil, he said, diesel price has been reduced from Tk 106.75 to Tk 1.25 to Tk 105.25, octane price has been reduced from Tk 131 to Tk 6 to Tk 125 and petrol price has been reduced from Tk 127 to Tk 6 to Tk 121.

He said, we will try to reduce the price of fuel oil in the future. The new price of fuel oil will be implemented from 12 pm today (Saturday). Meanwhile, the Ministry of Electricity, Energy and Mineral Resources issued a notification on Saturday setting the new price of fuel oil.
In the meeting, the senior secretary of the electricity department. Habibur Rahman, Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Department. Nurul Alam, Chairman (Acting) of Bangladesh Power Development Board. Rezaul Karim, Deputy Commissioner (Acting) of Khulna. Yusuf Ali and other officials of power and energy sector were present.

In addition, the adviser exchanged views with public representatives, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridge and Ministry of Railways, local civil society, student coordinators and representatives in the Khulna Deputy Commissioner’s conference room.