BNP-Jamaat
I have been making the point through my letters that the Jamaat and the BNP are desperate and there is widespread sabotage in the power sector. Even the Honourable Prime Minister has mentioned this. Now it has happened again. Three power units at Ghorashal have gone out of commission. Apparently, instead of producing 950 MW, it is now producing 300 MW, at least that is what the TV ticker (ETV) says. I feel it is sabotage, because I had predicted earlier that whenever the BNP and Jamaat go for agitation, there is always a problem, especially in the power sector.
I know that these plants are old, but definitely they go for maintenance, annually or temporarily, or even while running. Another thing that I read in the newspapers is that in the modern world all the plants are new, and these are old. Who told them that 1) the plants are not new, and some are older than the Ghorashal one. 2) Depreciation costs are usually deducted only to replace the machinery. Has this been done? And if not, why, and if yes, then why have not they replaced their "age-old units"?
There should be thorough investigation and the culprits must be punished.
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