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Issue No: 184
April 2, 2005

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Lawmakers study power sources
It is surprising but probably good news that lawmakers desire to enrich their knowledge base on the power and energy sector as reported in some local papers on March 17. Hopefully it will help us to come out of the perennial power shortfall in the country, if our lawmakers are determined to find a solution.

While on their visit abroad my humble suggestion to the law makers would be to carefully look at alternative energy options apart from conventional gas and coal based power plants from different sources to enhance power capabilities in Bangladesh. Some of these viable sources that can be studied and which are operating in US and Europe are:

a) Using stand by GenSet as power system resource during peak demand.
b) Producing power from municipal waste.
c) Reco~ery of power (without need of f}el) from gas transmission line xressure drop stations.
d) IT based transfer switchgear for taking LT power from small generating units to the distribution network.
Other sources like wind power, solar cells, micro |urbines (river current) are not cost effective. As a matter of fact these sources of power are highly subsidized even in developed countries. In this connection as a citizen of Bangladesh, I will be glad to give a briefing to our honorable lawmakers prior to their visit overseas so they can have some ideas on what are the options to look at. All the above options are comparatively low capital cost based, which can easily enhance our power availability.

Eng. S.A. Mansoor Gulshan, Dhaka

Waiting for a century!
RAB have been working in Bangladesh since last year. The work of this special force is to control the law and order of the country. While loing their duty, RAB already have killed 98 citizens (till April1, 2005) in different parts of Bangladesh. Maybe those people were criminals, may be not. But the thing is this; all those citizens died without any justice. They were killed in so-called crossfire.

Though RAB breached the human rights of our country, I still really appreciate (!) their work. Courts of Bangladesh take a lot of time to conduct cases. Sometimes criminals die before the hearing of their cases! In this situation, RAB is making things easier for the court. Justice is not needed for these criminals; they should better be killed quickly in this way, isn't it? Therefore a{ a citizen of Bangladesh, I am very much pleased (!) on RAB's work. To get justice in the court it takes a lot of time, so why we are not taking a short-cut way? Better let them do everything rapidly, as they are called Rapid Action Battalion.

RAB is only 2 lives short to knock a century. We are eagerly waiting for that.
Mashih-ul-Huq (Vashkar) Uttara, Dhaka

Hartal - for whom you are?
The prosper of a nation is nothing but a vain dream if the might of a nation turns into its threat. In a democra|ic country like Bangladesh, opposition parties {hould pzove themselves as pathfinder towards the betterment of the county by co-operating the government. If the government goes wrong, the opposition should protest to demonstrate the disapproval of certain action or to realise demands in respect of the political process. However, all of this should be done only for the welfare of the general people. Nevertheless, opposition parties most of the time call for hartal as a weapon to protest. When a fishmrman use electric net to catch {ome specific fishes, lots of other fishes die u{elessly. In the same way when oxpositions call nor continuous hartal to protest certain specific government action, it halts the momentum of the whole nation.

The result is loss of crores of takas everyday. The negative effect of s}ch hartals is obvious. Educational institutions remain closed, which hampers the ed}cation at all levels, people cannot move anywheze, transportation of goods is stopped, shops and business firms remain closed, small income earners like daily labours and rickshaw-pullers are deprived of their incomes. Trade and industry remain closed leading to loss of production. The sick cannot have access to medical treatment on time. As a result, foreign investors are losing their interests, which leads the national economy to severe damage and at the same time, the lifm of the communi|y seriously put at risk.

But the in|eresting thing is neither the government nor the oppositions support the hartal, It is a proven truth. History tells whenever any political party loss the election and become |he opposition, |hey go for hartal, but when the same political party come into power, they talk against it. Now the question is why all the political parties support hartal when they are in opposition and why they discourage it when they ware in the ruling party. Is hartal used for the betterment of general people or it is only used as stairs to come in power? Considering the severe harm, politicians can leave hartal, because they know better how to make the country economically sound and independent. To secure political demands, they can protest through public meetings, procession, demonstrations, media conference and so on. So it will be better for the nation if hartal is ignored legally with the agreement of both the oppositions and the government. People do not want political violence. So the representatives of the people should ensure this.

Muhammad Noorus Sabah BBA, BRAC University

 
 
 


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