2 major power units resume operations from Oct 15
Staff Correspondent
The grim power situation of the country is expected to improve slightly from October 15 as two major power units -- one at the 450MW Meghnaghat power plant and a 210MW unit at Ghorashal -- are likely to resume partial power generation.Last week, the two units of the Meghnaghat power plant had to be shut down completely as their maintenance work have become long overdue. The Power Development Board (PDB) sources said that unit 1 of the Meghnaghat plant will start running again from October 15 and the second unit from November 1. The third Ghorashal 210MW power unit and the Baghabari Westmont 45MW unit will also go into production again from October 15. In addition, a 20MW Baghabari unit is expected to resume operation from October 7. Power Development Board (PDB) sources said that the level of load shedding was hovering around 2,200 megawatt (MW) yesterday as the country's power plants generated a maximum of 3,000MW against a demand of 5,200MW. As many as 21 power units out of around 100 have remained shut for several weeks now. The prevailing power crisis in the country resulted mainly due to the BNP-led alliance government's failure to set up new power plants in the last five years. While corruption and bid tampering have driven away competent power companies, the favoured ones like the Orion and the Harbin, failed to deliver a few projects awarded to them.
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