Health risks, environmental pollution low for IDCOL's improved cookstoves

Speakers say at roundtable

December 15, 2023 00:00:00

The roundtable on Achieving 100% Clean Cooking Target in Bangladesh: Role of IDCOL's Improved Cook Stove (ICS) Program' in progress at a hotel in the capital on Tuesday

Considering environmental pollution and health risks, 25 million (2.5 crore) Improved Cook Stove (ICSs) will be replaced in the country by 2030. So far 4 million improved stoves have been replaced. This is helping check health risks of women and children and reduce environmental pollution.

Alamgir Morshed, Executive Director & CEO of Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) said this at a roundtable discussion at a hotel in the capital on Tuesday, says a press release.

The roundtable was held under the theme 'Achieving 100% Clean Cooking Target in Bangladesh: Role of IDCOL's Improved Cook Stove (ICS) Program' jointly organised by IDCOL and Banik Barta. The Head of Renewable Energy of IDCOL, Md. Enamul Karim Pavel, delivered a special speech.

The keynote article was presented by Md. Abdullah Hell Baki, Unit Head of IDCOL's Improved Cook Stove (ICS) Programme. Ms. Sazia Islam, Assistant Scientific Officer of ICDDR,B, also made a presentation on a research related to IDCOL's ICS programme.