Matarbari project construction starts today

Staff Correspondent: The construction of the Matarbari power plant and deep-sea port will be started officially from Sunday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the Matarbari 1,200MW coal-based power plant via video conference from the Ganabhaban.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is financing the project to construct Bangladesh’s largest power plant at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar. A total of 1,414 acres of land have been allocated in Moheshkhali’s Matarbari and Dhalghata Unions for the project. Already about 17 percent construction work of the project have been completed.

The government appointed a Japanese consortium, made up of Sumimoto Corporation, Toshhiba Corporation and IHI Corporation, as the contractor of the project.

Around 400 skilled foreign workers have already joined Matarbari power plant project. A total of 1,000 skilled foreign workers will work in the project. 


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