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No funds to revamp power sector

By Sohel Manzur
The government need* Taka 64.922 million to achieve ft* targets under the Fourth Five year Plan (FFYP) to revamp the power sector.' ac-cording to a report prepared bjA the Power Development Board (FOB)
The ma t ter of foreign aid in this regard is. however, still uncertain. though the Imp Ie completely de^d/m^n* or’ dgn s*d. the report says
The report subrrSt ted to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on May 21 also
mentions that the government has to seek foreign aid even for the focal currency required to implement the projects.
Of the total fund required to implement the projects under the FFYP. Taka 31.761 million
eratfop projects. Taka 16.509 ^qJects^Taka 13.386 million 256 mutton for technkaJ assis lance programmes and Taka
2.922 million for miscella neous expenditures
The report held the lack of
proper planning and non-im-plementaUon of the plans Initiated earlier responsible for the severe power crisis In the country
it say* that at present there to no Fourth Five Year Plan In reality and the planning and "P S^Td^th™^ called short term rolling plan basis instead of long -term and medium -terms perspec-
The Energy Master plan and power master of 1985 have in the meantime lost the
effectiveness of both, the report say*. adding that a thorough review of the plans to essential at this moment.
No acts were found by the PDB in this regard, the report says. It also says that the PDB wants to take initiative to reorganise the power master plan. But it will not be possible unless the energy master plan is reviewed, the report adds.
There Is no clear-cut dt rection in the primary energy supply' plan. It says, adding that the sporadic efforts and
the acts on ad hoc basts will not bring any good for the energy and power development sector unless a long -term plan Is finalised.
The report criticized the complicacies in project formulation and approval which has also contributed to the present crisis.
The Fourth Five Year Plan (FFYP) is yet to be finalised and the government is formulating and implementing the projects on rolling plan basis since 1987 as per the sugges lion of priority investment programme' of the World Bank.
The suggestion was to implement the projects by ensuring local currency, the report says, adding that the plan has in fact no beginning and no
The PDB report, however, stressed the need for both long-term and medium-term plans for the development of the power sector and suggested that the master plans of the energy and power sectors be started as early as pos siblc.
The report also termed defective management as a major cause behind the present crisis in the power sector and says that it needs properly educated and trained persons, although a modern and logical structure of management is a pre-condition to an effective management. It, however, suggested immediate implementation of the 'performance improvement plan' of the ODA(UK).