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Coal shortage shuts Barapukuria power plant again

FARZANA | Published: 2018-08-29 19:15:33

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A unit of Barapukuria Coal-fired Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur was shut down again on Tuesday, after operating for nine days.

The power generation unit of the plant having a capacity of producing 125 MW electricity resumed operation eight days ago to meet the demands of electricity during the Eid-ul-Azha.

Executive Engineer and Manager of the power plant Mahbubur Rahman said the unit went out of operation around 3:45 pm as the reserved coal got exhausted, reports UNB.

The operation of the power plant will resume again depending on the availability of coal, he said.

After remaining closed for about a month, the unit-2 of the Barapukuria power plant resumed its operation on August 20.

Barapukuria Coal-fired Thermal Power Plant was shut down on July 22 for shortage of coal.


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