To develop the country’s energy sector, which is necessary for overall development of the country, successive governments took a series of projects involving thousands of crores of taka. But the chronic problem in implementation holds back many of the major projects leaving the country reeling with severe power crisis and gas shortage. The governments or the bureaucracy are not always responsible for the delay or non-implementation. There are some vested groups active always.
After mark time in the energy sector for a long time, the Finance Minister’s plan showed some hope and dream. Again all these depend on timely implementation of the plans. People will eagerly see whether the government takes the country forward in the energy sector or again go for fresh mark time.
It’s a new initiative of the Energy & Power to campaign for efficient use of energy, energy conservation and use of environment-friendly energy. The EP launches the Green Page marking its stepping into the 7th year.
Energy & Power and GTZ-SED jointly organized a roundtable on “Energy Source for Power Generation” at the CIRDAP auditorium on May 17. Ministers, MPs, former Ministers, academics, researchers, experts and representatives from development partners were present. The speakers raised concerns about the power crisis, tried to identify the reasons of the crisis, discussed about alternative energy options for power generation and suggested possible measures to solve the situation.
