Govt to increase power plant

০২ রা অক্টোবর, ২০১৬ বিকাল ৪:৪০

The government has undertaken another 32 projects to increase power generation to 5,259 MW in future. The current power generation capacity is 14,980 MW, covering 78 percent of the population in the country. Now the government is constructing 30 power plants with the generation capacity of 10,743 Megawatt (MW) for uninterrupted power supply across the country. Their target is to increase power generation capacity to 24,000 MW by 2021 and with the completion of the 30 power plants the country will get constant supply of power. The government has also a plan to construct nine more power plants having capacity of 6,895 MW. They have also constructed transmission lines and distribution lines for steady supply of electricity, particularly to the agriculture and industrial sectors, for the sake of rapid economic growth to help Bangladesh become a middle income country by 2021. Besides, the government has been providing various facilities to the private sector to encourage setting up of solar energy plants to meet the country's growing power demand.
 

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