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WASTAGE-POWER
Setting up of 70MW power plant possible from DSCC, DNCC
wastage: Nasrul
SANGSAD BHABAN, Sept 13, 2018 (BSS) – State Minister
for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid
today said it is possible to install power plants
having 60MW-70MW generation capacity from wastage of
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North
City Corporation (DNCC).
“Process is underway for installing power plant having
35 MW electricity from wastage of DSCC and 35 MW
generation capacity power plant from wastage from DNCC
by appointing private entrepreneur as Independent Power
Producer (IPP),” he said this while replying to a
starred question from treasury bench member Kamal Ahmed
Majumder of Dhaka-15 in the Jatiya Sangsad.
The state minister said to this end, an initiative is
under process for signing a Memorandum of Understating
(MoU) on wastage supply and providing land between
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and city
corporations.
Besides, the government floated tender to install a
wastage base power plant having 5-MW generation
capacity in Narayanganj on July 25, 2017, Nasrul Hamid
informed the House.
BSS/SAS/QC/1810 hrs