The government justification for plans for a thermal plant in Bagerhat's Rampal and a nuclear power plant in Pabna's Rooppur was for meeting rising demands, he said. Rampal and Rooppur plants are not being set up to meet demands but to secure the interest of foreign countries," he commented. "The people of Bangladesh will be able to use this electricity at a cheaper cost." The committee will also protest against the Rampal power plant, an Indo-Bangladesh initiative whose proposed location was near the Sundarbans, by demonstrating on 100 kilometres of road between Sarankhola and Shyamnagar on Jul 25, he said. "It is the UNESCO's defeat if it changed its stance listening to the Bangladesh government or someone else.

Source: bd News24 July 11, 2017 21:11 UTC