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Minister talks tough on power sector graft

Star Business Report
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Shamsul Haque Riku yesterday said the government would take punitive actions against tire corrupt officials under his ministry.
He said if anybody lodges com plaints against any official involved in comiption, his ministry' will conduct an investigation into the matter to take actions against the accused person.
The state minister also said he would initiate move to investigate how the files of corruption went missing from different offices under his ministry.
Tuku was speaking as chief guest at the plenary' session sty'led ’Energy Sector: Challenges of Adding New Capacity' on the last day of a two-day conference in Dhaka.
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), an independent think tank, . organised the conference on" Develop -
ment with Equity and Justice: Immediate Tasks for the Newly Elected Government" at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.
Former secretary to the Power Division M Fouzul Kabir Khan presented the keynote paper. Former adviser to a caretaker government Syed Manzur Elahi moderated the session participated by lawmakers, businesspeople, chamber leaders, bankers, policymakers, researchers and academics.
TUku said the people living adjacent to Barapukuria coalmine site are in favour of coal extraction from this mine.
"1 have already visited the place and talked with tire affected people near the coalmine site. They agreed on coal extraction front this mine," he said.
The state minister said the government would formulate the coal extraction policy soon by fixing the methods of extracting coal from the Barapukuria
mine.
At the session, Annisul Huq, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), said between March 10 and March 18 his five factories near Dhaka experienced a 25 percent power outage during the working hours.
He complained that he lost around 10 percent productivity due to frequent outages in his factories during this 9-day period.
' The problem of power is acute. The government must take steps to resolve the power crisis," he said.
The FBCCI president said at present there are 64 power plants across the country of which 30 plants are 30 years old.
If the government can minimise the wastages in all the power plants by at least two percent, the plants will be able to generate an additional 100 megawatt of power immediately, Huq said.