Rampal power plant'But I’m still fighting to make a living, and passing a miserable life staying under the open sky'A group of environmental activists and experts has urged the government to stop building the 1,320 megawatt coal-fired Rampal Power Plant for the greater sake of the Sundarbans and the people living in and around the mangrove forest. Putting emphasis on renewable energy instead, they observed that a number of such under construction, and proposed coal-fired power plants, appeared as environmental threats to the localities surrounding the respective sites. The victims of Matarbari coal-fired power plant, and the 2016 Gobindaganj eviction drive, among others, placed their testimonies at the hearing. The plant is only 14 kilometre north of the world's largest mangrove forest, he mentioned. Claiming that the government did not take opinions from the locals while planning the coal-fired power plant in Matarbari of Cox’s Bazar, she demanded compensations for those evicted from the project site.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 30, 2019 16:07 UTC