Power production at Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat district has been suspended since Friday night due to maintenance work.
Syed Ekramullah, Managing Director of Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (BIFPCL), said the energy production at the power plant halted at 8:45 pm on Friday due to inspection and maintenance work.
“We have suspended the production due to maintenance, inspection work and technical glitch from June 30 night and we’ll try to resume the production on June 4,5 or 6,” he said.
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Talking about the coal situation, Ekramullah said there is plenty of coal and a huge quantity of coal will arrive on June 5 by ship.
The 1320 MW coal-fired power plant has been set up at a cost of approximately USD 2 billion and is located in Rampal, in the Bagerhat district under Khulna division of Bangladesh.
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The Maitree Super Thermal Power Project was constructed under the Indian government’s concessional financing scheme.
On September 6, 2022, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi jointly unveiled unit-1 of the power plant.
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