Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said now the country’s power generation capacity is 18,353MW including the captive power.
She said the government has undertaken programme to purchase 2,336MW power from India by the year 2022.
Under the programme, this year 500MW power will be purchased from India, she said in written reply to a question from treasury bench member Nurunobi Chowdhury, reports BSS.
Sheikh Hasina said country’s power generation will be 24,000MW by 2021 and 60,000MW by 2041.
Replying to another question from Jatiya Party member Rustam Ali Faraji, the prime minister said construction of 100 model mosques will begin this year in the second phase of the project undertaken by the present government for building one mosques and cultural centres at Upazilas and District level. All mosques will be constructed all over rage country gradually, she said.
