The National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports will embark on another long march to the Sundarbans, demanding scrapping of Rampal Thermal Power Plant.
The programme will be held from March 10 to 15, convenor of the committee Anu Muhammad told a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity Auditorium on Saturday.
The platform staged another long march to Sundarbans in 2013 with the same demand. “Prior to the march, protest rallies will be held in Dhaka and Narayanganj on February 15 and across the country on February 27,” he said.
Anu Muhammad said, “We explained to government on various occasions about harmful consequences of Rampal power plant.” He alleged, “Indian company NPTC has undertaken the project violating the laws of their own country. According to India’s EIA guidelines, power plants cannot be set up within a 25-kilometre radius of forest areas.”
Communist Party of Bangladesh leader Ruhin Hossain Prince, Socialist Party of Bangladesh leader Bazlur Rashid Firoz and Ganasanghati coordinator Junayed Saki were present at the press conference.