Cancel power plant near Sundarbans
Demands Bapa
Expressing concern over the probable adverse effects on the bio-diversity of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday demanded immediate cancellation of a proposed coal-fired power plant near the mangrove forest.
In a statement, Bapa said the power plant would emit toxic chemicals, threatening the bio-diversity of the Sundarbans, the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.
Moreover, hot water dumped from the power plant would adversely affect the various species of marine life in the nearby water bodies, pushing them towards extinction, it added.
The organisation condemned the initiative to sign an agreement between Bangladesh and India for setting up the proposed power plant at Rampal upazila in Bagerhat.
Implementing the project will violate existing environmental laws. It should therefore be shifted elsewhere from the Sundarbans, it added.
Meanwhile, 25 eminent citizens yesterday also demanded relocation of the project.
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