Scrap Rampal power projects: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday demanded cancellation of the all coal-fired power plant projects at Rampal terming the move anti-people, anti-state, imprudent, illogical and non-profitable saying that the projects would definitely destroy the Sunderbans.
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Reading out a written statement, Khaleda said that there were many alternative methods for generating electricity and many alternative places for installing power plants but there was no alternative to the Sunderbans.
She said that electricity was necessary for the development of the country and smooth public life, but any decision affected the country and its interest, hampered public life, damaged environment and bio-diversity, that would definitely be against the people and the country.
She said the government was going ahead with the Rampal projects ignoring objection from UNESCO world heritage authority and even from the Forest Department of the country.
She said that the National Thermal Power Corporation of India, which was setting up the Rampal power plant, had proposed to set up 1,320MW coal-fired power plant at Narsinghpur of Maddhyapradesh in India, but the Indian government cancelled it considering its adverse impact.
The BNP chairperson said that now it was the question of people for what purpose and for whose interest the government was implementing the project knowing very well about its adverse impacts.
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Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday demanded cancellation of the all coal-fired power plant projects at Rampal terming the move anti-people, anti-state, imprudent, illogical and non-profitable saying that the projects would definitely destroy the Sunderbans.
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Reading out a written statement, Khaleda said that there were many alternative methods for generating electricity and many alternative places for installing power plants but there was no alternative to the Sunderbans.
She said that electricity was necessary for the development of the country and smooth public life, but any decision affected the country and its interest, hampered public life, damaged environment and bio-diversity, that would definitely be against the people and the country.
She said the government was going ahead with the Rampal projects ignoring objection from UNESCO world heritage authority and even from the Forest Department of the country.
She said that the National Thermal Power Corporation of India, which was setting up the Rampal power plant, had proposed to set up 1,320MW coal-fired power plant at Narsinghpur of Maddhyapradesh in India, but the Indian government cancelled it considering its adverse impact.
The BNP chairperson said that now it was the question of people for what purpose and for whose interest the government was implementing the project knowing very well about its adverse impacts.
Full article:
http://newagebd.net/248258/scrap-rampal-power-projects-khaleda/
