No power crisis after Matarbari, Banshkhali plants start production: Tawfiq-e-Elahi

Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said there will be no power crisis in the country after two coal-fired power plants in Chattogram's Banskhali and Cox's Bazar's Matarbari go into operations.

Tawfiq came up with remarks after visiting the coal-fired SS Power I Plant, installed in Banshkhali today, reports our Chattogram staff correspondent.

Stating that energy price has been increasing due to high price of dollar followed by global turmoil, the energy advisor said Bangladesh like other countries have been facing the unrest situation.

The situation will change after the ongoing war ends, Tawfiq-e-Elahi said.

S Alam group's vice chairman Abdus Samad Labu and Bangladesh Power Development Board's Chairman engineer Md Mahbubur Rahman, among others, were present during the visit.

Tawfiq-e-Elahi said there is a limit to government subsidies, and the government has already subsidized thousands of crore money in LNG and fuel. Due to the increased price in global market, the government had no other option, except increasing the price of power in the country.

Talking to the reporters, Abdus Samad Labu said the power plant's operations will go into full swing in the end of June by this year.