Set up coal-fired power plants in Northern districts
Rangpur chamber demands
Speakers in a seminar in Rangpur yesterday suggested extraction of coal from northern region mines and setting up coal-based power plants to meet the need.
The seminar was organised jointly by Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) and Greater Rangpur Welfare Somiti, Dhaka. It was held at RCCI conference room.
They urged the government not to pay heed to those who are obstructing extraction of coal from the region.
RCCI president Mostafa Azad Choudhury presided over the seminar while president of Greater Rangpur Welfare Somiti and also former National Board of Revenue (NBR) executive chairman Nazrul Islam moderated it.
Four keynote papers on 'Development of Greater Rangpur and Northern Region: Problems and Potentiality' were presented at the seminar.
Former chairman of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) and former chief engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Monwar Hosen suggested in the seminar that the government should set up two urea fertiliser plants in Rangpur or any other places in northern region.
Former chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board Brig Gen (Rtd) MA Malek and vice-president of Greater Rangpur Welfare Somiti M A Mojid addressed among others in the seminar.
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