Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has disclosed a mega plan centring Payra Port in Patuakhali. The PM told the House that the work on infrastructural development on the Payra Port would be completed by 2023 while construction of three jetties of the port would be completed by 2018. She said the infrastructural works of the port were divided into 19 components, of which, 2 components would be implemented by the Payra Port Authority with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and on a G2G basis. In the second phase, another power plant (630×2) would be constructed in the area with a 100 MW solar power plant and a 50 MW wind power plant on ash pond of the power plant, she said. Payra Port would play an epoch making role in making the people of self-reliant through creating employment opportunities.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 05, 2016 13:52 UTC