Energy, Power Sectors
Govt working hard to bring back discipline
Says PM's adviser
Prime Minister's Adviser to Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Toufique E Elahi Chowdhury yesterday said the government is working hard to bring back discipline in energy and power sectors as these sectors remain worse since the four-party alliance rule.
The adviser said this while he was talking to the newsmen after a view exchange meeting with the officials of power and gas sectors and local leaders at the Sylhet Circuit house yesterday.
Power generation would reach 15,000MW by 2015, he said, adding that contracts for producing 2300MW of electricity have also been finalised with different companies so far. He said the government is working sincerely to cope with the increasing demand of electricity and gas.
The adviser said steps are being taken to increase gas production in the Sylhet region and other parts of the country. State-run Bapex would soon start drilling in the new wells in the region for gas production, he said, adding that a new drilling rig had already been procured for the purpose while process is on for another.
He said the US company Chevron has completed its fresh seismic survey in Lawachhara of Moulvibazar. It is yet to be decided whether the company would be allowed to drill there, he said.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith at the meeting said electricity is supplied to the national grid from the Sylhet region as the generation is higher than its demand here. He said the government is giving highest priority to allocating funds for the viable projects in the power and gas sectors.
State Minister for Energy Enamul Haque, Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, lawmakers Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury and Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, Energy Secretary Mesbah Uddin Ahmed, Power Division Secretary AK Azad, PDB Chairman Alamgir Kabir, REB Chairman Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam and Upazila Chairmen Iqbal Ahmed Chowdhury, Ashfaque Ahmed and Abdul Khalique Mayon also spoke at the meeting.
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