‘Rental power plants suicidal ’

Terming quick rental power plant suicidal for the nation's economy, the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port yesterday demanded reopening of all closed state-run power plants and repair of the rest to boost electricity production.
The leaders of the committee told a press conference at the capital's Mukti Bhaban that it would be possible to produce 2,400-megawatt additional power from the existing structure if the government reopened and repaired all its closed power plants.
Engineer Sheikh Mohammad Shahidullah, Prof Anu Mohammad, columnist Syed Abul Maksud and Ruhin Hossain Prince spoke on the occasion.