Move to generate power from garbage in Narayanganj

The government plans to generate electricity using 500 metric tonnes of solid waste in Narayaganj.

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) on Wednesday in this regard.

The PDB will implement the 3MW-5MW waste based IPP power project at Jalkuri in Narayanganj.

Addressing the contract signing ceremony, state minister for power and energy Nasrul Hamid said the government has a plan to implement more similar waste-to-energy project once this one succeeds.

"I hope PDB will invite tender within April 15, 2018 for implementing," the junior minister said.

He noted that Dhaka city is now producing over 9000 metric tons of waste daily.

Nasrul informed that the country has already generated highest 10,084 MW of electricity on March 19.

"So we have no problem to supply electricity in the Boro season and hot summer," he said.

NCC Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy, power secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus, PDB chairman Khaled Mahmood and other concerned senior officials attended the signing function.

NCC Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy said most of the city corporations are facing trouble to manage city corporation garbage.

She requested power ministry to ensure dumping stations in every city corporations so that they can produce electricity from it in coming days.

"Industrial units get land quickly if they apply for it...but city corporations are waiting long times to get the lands for making cities clean and healthy," she said.

Power secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus said the government is hopeful to generate maximum electricity to meet 12000 MW electricity demand in the summer season.

BPDB secretary Mina Masud Uzzaman and NCC chief executive officer AFM Ehtashamul Haque signed the deal on behalf of their organisations.