Rampal power plant: Protest rally in Khulna April 20
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports today announced to hold a grand rally in Khulna in a bid to stop the coal-fired power plant in the Sundarbans.
The rally will be held on April 20, Prof Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the committee, said.
“All scientific learning suggests that the plant will pose threat to Sundarbans and the entire of Bangladesh,” he said at a press conference held in Dhaka ahead of the programme.
In 2009, Bangladesh and India signed a deal to set up the two power plants in Shapmari and Katakhali, nine kilometres away from the Sundarbans.
A total of 1,834 acres of land has already been acquired for the power plants with a capacity of 1,320 megawatt of electricity.
Despite the government's assurance that the plant would not harm the Sundarbans, the Unesco remains firm against the plant and on October 20 requested again the government to cancel and relocate it to a more suitable place.
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