About importing power from India
Saturday, 30 October 2010
The government, as the media reports do otherwise suggests, is now active to bring power from India. But only laying structures to receive the power would take at least two years, if not more. Then, only about 250 mw, as the reports indicated, would be received which is a pittance compared to the need.
The power import process from India is a costly proposition. If this power import could be made in a short period of time, the same would make some sense. But after completing at least two years in establishing infrastructures on both countries and then getting the power, the same must raise many questions. Why has Bangladesh to go for such cumbersome and delaying process to import power and make itself dependent on external power supply when it had never done so and when all countries usually consider self-reliance in power as basic to their security in all respects ?
The issues at stake could be compromised if urgent import of the very badly needed power could be assured through such an arrangement. When this would not be the case, then why is this scramble for importing power from a neighbour? It should be cost efficient as well as strategically sound to produce that power within the country through its own resources and means.
Mirza Quayuum Khan
New Eskaton, Dhaka
The power import process from India is a costly proposition. If this power import could be made in a short period of time, the same would make some sense. But after completing at least two years in establishing infrastructures on both countries and then getting the power, the same must raise many questions. Why has Bangladesh to go for such cumbersome and delaying process to import power and make itself dependent on external power supply when it had never done so and when all countries usually consider self-reliance in power as basic to their security in all respects ?
The issues at stake could be compromised if urgent import of the very badly needed power could be assured through such an arrangement. When this would not be the case, then why is this scramble for importing power from a neighbour? It should be cost efficient as well as strategically sound to produce that power within the country through its own resources and means.
Mirza Quayuum Khan
New Eskaton, Dhaka