A Panama-flagged vessel carrying 70,000 tonnes of coal from Indonesia arrived at the Matarbari coal-fired vitality plant in Moheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, the day earlier to this morning (27 November).
This pattern is anticipated to enable the plant to renew electrical energy production from 1 December after a month-lengthy shutdown.
Saifur Rahman, chief engineer of Coal Energy Abilities Company, confirmed that the unloading of coal from the ship had commenced.
“Right here’s the principle cargo of coal imported by Meghna Neighborhood. With this supply, the 1,200 MW plant’s two items are anticipated to restart production on Sunday,” he stated.
The plant, which incorporates two items every producing 600 MW, had ceased operations on 31 October attributable to a coal scarcity.
Earlier, Sumitomo Corporation of Japan had been lowered in dimension to provide coal for the plant’s commissioning direction of. On the opposite hand, this settlement resulted in August.
Mission officers revealed that despite rules requiring contemporary tenders, delays attributable to allegations of corruption amongst high officers had stalled the procurement direction of.
The plant’s supervisory engineer, Manowar Hossain Majumder, famed that the approved settlement with Sumitomo facilitated the import of 2205000 tonnes of coal for the plant’s commissioning. The main unit of the Tk 51,854 crore plant began operation in July 2023, while the second unit became operational in December 2023.
Insiders disclosed that while an worldwide gentle for a three-one year coal supply used to be floated, Mission Director Abul Kalam Azad delayed the direction of for 10 months to allegedly favour Meghna Neighborhood’s Queer Cement Consortium.
Subsequently, complaints of irregularities ended in a Excessive Court elaborate in July, imposing a six-month embargo on coal imports.
Despite these challenges, all processes agree with now been accomplished, allowing for the contemporary coal cargo.
Plant officers are optimistic that production will restart within three to four days, contributing electrical energy to the national grid.
