Technical glitch: Rampal power plant shut down again

The Rampal coal-fired power plant was shut down again due to a technical glitch early Sunday (November 5).

Engr. Sayeed Akram Ullah, Managing Director (MD) of Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BIFPCL) said the power generation from the plant came to halt due a technical glitch around 6:00am. Hope, it will resume the production soon.

The Rampal thermal power plant was previously shut down on April 15 due to a fault.

The 1,320MW coal-fired power plant was set up at a cost of approximately $2 billion and is located in Rampal, Bagerhat, Khulna division.

The Maitree Super Thermal Power Project was constructed under the Indian government's concessional financing scheme.