Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, the interim government’s adviser for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources, has said that they want to reconstruct the power sector breaking the existing structure of irregularities in the sector.
Besides, a committee will be formed to investigate the allegations of irregularities in this sector, he told reporters after an exchange meeting with officials in the conference room of Rupsa 800 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant located in Khalishpur, Khulna this morning.
“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 advisor said, 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, said the adviser.
A power plant has been built in Khulna at a cost of around Tk8,000 crores, 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.
“Tk8,000 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 Senior Secretary of Power Department Md. Habibur Rahman, Secretary of Water Resources and Mineral Resources Department Md Nurul Alam, Bangladesh Power Development Board Chairman (Acting) Md Rezaul Karim, Khulna Deputy Commissioner (Acting) Md Yusup Ali and officials of power and water sector.
