Bangladesh PM poised to inaugurate five power plants on Sept 12

Bangladesh PM poised to inaugurate five power plants on Sept 12

Dhaka (UNA-OIC) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate on September 12 five power plants, having a total of 879 MW electricity generation capacity.

“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate these power plants through videoconferencing from her official Ganabhaban residence at 10 am on that day,” Saiful Islam, a director (public relations) of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), told BSS here on Saturday.

According to the power ministry, the government has successfully constructed 119 power plants with a capacity of electricity production of 20,293 MW after assuming power in 2009. It added that the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a target to generate 24,000 MW of electricity by 2021, but in the meantime, the target has already been exceeded.

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