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Strict anti-formalin law on the cards

PM tells Sangsad

Staff Correspondent
Formalin control law is being formulated with provisions of tough punishment and hefty fines for production, import and sale of formalin without valid licences, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament yesterday.
The law will have provisions of a maximum punishment of life term and a minimum seven years' imprisonment, along with the highest fine of Tk 20 lakh, for the offenders, she added.
“Apart from regular monitoring of market, the government has procured digital formaldehyde metres to detect chemicals in consumer items," mentioned the PM.
The much-awaited Padma bridge, she noted, is no more a dream as its implementation is a matter of time now. The PM hoped that vehicles would ply the bridge in 2018. Hasina, also the leader of the House, said her government has taken up six fast-track projects aimed at turning Bangladesh into a middle-income country by 2021.
The six projects are: Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (first phase), Rampal Coal-fired Power Plant, Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Project (metro rail), Deep Seaport Project and Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Project.
On the construction of Padma bridge, the PM said the government has acquired 2,403.24 acres of land and handed it over to the Bridges Division. "The work order for setting up link roads on both sides of the bridge has already been issued," she added.
She further informed parliament that rehabilitation for the people, who have been affected due to land acquisition, is underway.
About the construction of the nuclear power plant in Rooppur of Pabna, Hasina said a Tk 4,400 crore work order has already been issued for
carrying out a feasibility study on the project.
Russian state-run Rosatom and Atomostroy are doing the primary works, which will be completed in three phases, the PM mentioned.
It is expected that 1,000-MW of electricity would be produced primarily from the plant by 2021 and 1,000 MW more from 2022.
On setting up a 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant in Bagerhat, Hasina said acquisition and development of land, feasibility study and formation of a company have been completed to this end.
"The main work on implementation of the power plant would start soon and I hope the work would be finished by 2018," she added.
About the construction of a deep seaport, she said discussion is on with different companies of China, the UAE and the Netherlands in this regard.
"A deal to this end would be inked with those companies within two or three months which would be able to build the sea port at a low cost and in less time," she noted.