Mongla power station

The Mongla power station is a proposal for two coal plants in Mongla in Bangladesh. In May 2011, President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) AK Azad said there was a proposal to set up a coal-based power plant near Mongla and a memorandum of understanding had been signed with India to that effect. Azad said the project "should be implemented soon by overcoming bureaucratic bottlenecks as the World Bank will provide loans at a lower rate."

In April 2011, Bangladesh Economy reported that the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) had initiated a process to install six coal-fired power plants through private entrepreneurs to produce 1800 MW of electricity in Bangladesh. Chairman of the PDB ASM Alamgir Kabir said: "Right now our main objective is to install six plants -- two at Khulna, two at Mongla and one each at Mawoa and Chittagong areas -- where we have infrastructure facilities to handle the imported coal."

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