Another barge mounted power plant closed down at Goalpara

The last of the two 14-megawatt barge-mounted plant of Khulna Power Station (KPS) at Goalpara in the city has been finally closed down.
As barge mounted power plant No 2 remained unable to generate electricity since December 3 due to irreparable technical problems, it has been closed down as a 'condemned plant' following orders from Power Development Board (PDB) head office, said Chief Engineer Abdul Khaleque.
Earlier on December 4, Executive Engineer (Mechanical) Zahidur Rashid and Executive Engineer (Operation) Shahidu-zzaman wrote to Chief Engineer Khaleque recommending closure of barge mounted power plant No 2, KPS sources said.
Another 14-MW barge-mounted power plant of KPS has remained out of order since August 27 due to a major technical fault.
The 60MW power plant of KPS has also remained inoperative since July 5 last year.
The lone 110MW power plant of KPS now in operation is not also able to produce more than 55 to 60 megawatt of electricity a day due to some technical reasons, KPS sources said, adding that the entire south-western region will reel under severe power outage if the 110MW plant goes out of order.
The region is now getting only 250 to 300 MW against the need of 550 to 600 MW during peak hour.