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Published on October 29, 2013
Seeking cooperation of the people to build Bangladesh as a prosperous and developed nation, the Prime Minister said her government wants to make the country self-reliant in all sectors by utilizing the sun of the sky and resources of the soil. Sheikh Hasina also pledged to reach electricity to every house and said the aim of the Awami League is to enlighten the people and the nation. "If we are given another chance to serve the nation, we would enlighten the country and people by reaching electricity to every house," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the government has implemented various programmes for optimum use of gas for the country's development. "To achieve the goal, we did not agree of giving 'muchleka' (undertaking) for exporting gas in 2001," she said. Sheikh Hasina said her government has strengthened the Bapex from technical and technological aspects. The Bapex has been able to carry out three-dimensional survey and discover new gas fields, she said. "Bapex has now been established as an international-standard organization as three new rigs and modern machineries have been procured for the organization," she added.
Sheikh Hasina said the government has raised power generation capacity to 9,713 megawatts. "We have set up 57 power plants with4,432 MW capacity, while 32 more power plants with 6,419 MW are under construction," she said. The Prime Minister said highest 6,675-MW electricity was supplied to the national grid and 62 percent people have been brought under the electricity facilities. "We would celebrate a festival soon for touching the milestone of power generation capacity of 10,000 MW," she hoped.
The construction work of Bapex Bhaban began on March 8 in2009 and ended on October 29 in 2013. The 15-storey building was constructed from the Bapex's own financing on 18 kathas of land at a cost of Taka 70.80 crore. The 13-storey GTCL Bhaban is being constructed on two bigha lands at Agargaon in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar at a cost of Taka 108.38 crore . The GTCL is constructing the building from its own financing. The work of the project is scheduled to end on August 31 in 2015.
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