CCC to set up 500 MW power plant
March 6th, 2010 | 
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CCC to set up 500 MW power plant |
 BSS, CHITTAGONG |
 Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has completed land acquisition and survey for setting up 500 Megawatt power plant at Raipur area under Anowara upzila and construction of 12.5 KM elevated Expressway in the port city at a cost of Taka 5,150 crore .Engineering department of the CCC sources said the 500 MW coal based power plant will be set up at Raipur area, south side of the river Karnaphuli in the city on Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) system at a cost of Taka 3,650 crore while 12.5 Kilometer (KM) long elevated expressway will be constructed from city’s Dewanhat to Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport (CSAIA) at a cost of Taka 1,500 crore. The CCC has already acquired 20 acres of land and completed other survey of the power plant project. CCC source said after approval by the LGRD ministry, the proposed project has already been sent to the Planning Commission for vetting. The Planning Commission asked CCC to amend a few articles of the project profile within March 15 next. With necessary amendment the project profile is likely to be sent to the Planning Commission for approval within May next. If the proposed power plant is completed, the people of Chittagong would get rid of load shedding side by side the city dwellers will be relieved of the exhausted traffic congestion at Agrabad commercial area after constructing 12.5 KM long Dewanhat to Airport Expressway, the source added. Sources said the development works of the said two projects are expected to begin by July-August this year and be completed in next three and a half years. Foreign Investors showed their eagerness to invest for operating the projects for 25 years, CCC would also earn a portion of profit from the project, CCC Planning department sources said. The investors will hand over the projects to the CCC after 25 years of their operation, the source added. It said the government would provide security bond to the investors for their investment in the projects . A senior engineer of the CCC said the investors from Malaysia, China and Singapore have already expressed their interests to invest and implement the projects. The concern ministry directed the initiators of the project to operate the power plant projects using coal as the gas supply is not sufficient in Chittagong to run the project. Chief Engineer of CCC Abul Hasnat, said the people of Chittagong had been facing with untold suffering of traffic jam in 12.5 Kilometer road from Dewanhat to Airport every day. The CCC is likely to float tender for the elevated expressway by next month, CCC sources said. According to the Chittagong Development Authority Master plan there is five to six thousand vehicles ply per hour in the Dewanhat to Airport road. After construction of the expressway the users will use the road by paying tolls to the investors and would be able to reach their destinations within a short time. The system of gate pass after paying specific tolls would be incorporated in five separate places of both ways of the elevated expressway. Talking to the news agency, Chittagong Development Authority Chairman Abdus Salam said we need such infrastructure development for upgrading the Chittagong as a world standard city. After implementing the projects, the CDA chairman said people of Chittagong will enjoy more facilities. Talking to the news agency City Mayor Alhaj ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury said daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Hasina verbally directed him to implement the project as soon as possible during his meeting in November last. Considering the power shortage and huge traffic congestion in the city, Chittagong City Corporation has undertaken the projects for the greater welfare of the people of Chittagong, the mayor told the news agency on Thursday. |
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