4. Presenter :-
Md. Galib Hossain. Id No: 1436CSE00365
Manarat International Universityu
Course: Environmental Studies .
5. LOCATION OF RAMPAL POWER STATION
• The Rampal Power
station is located in
Rampal Upazila of
Bagerhat district in
Khulna Bangladesh. It
will be the biggest
power station in our
country.
6. PROJECT DETAILS
• Sponsor: Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company
Pvt. Ltd. (BIFPCL)
• Parent company: Bangladesh Power Development Board,
NTPC
• Location: Khulna, Bangladesh
• Capacity: 1320 MW (2 x 660 MW)
• Type: Ultra-Supercritical
• Projected in service: 2018
7. AGREEMENT• In August 2010, this project was signed between
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and
India's state-owned National Thermal Power
Corporation (NTPC)
• On January 29, 2012, the Bangladesh Power
Development Board signed an agreement with
NTPC to build the plant.
• Agreed to implement the project by 2016.
• The BPDB and the NTPC agreed to implement the
project on a 50:50 equity basis.
• The NTPC will set up and operate the plant
8. FINANCING
•Loans are expected to fund up to
70% of the US$1.5 billion project.
•India and Bangladesh will fund the
remaining 30% equally (15% each)
9. ENVIRONMENT ISSUE
• It has been alleged that the Rampal station is against The Ramsar
Convention because the plant is to be built in a forest and sensitive
wetlands area.
• Different types of wastes like the residue of the coal, ballast water,
bilge water, oil etc produced from the Ships will be discharged to
the river system and pollute the environment.
• Water column may be polluted due to oil spillage, coal spillage
and other malpractice like
• waste discharge, discharge of ballast and bilge water etc
10.
11. • Ship-to-ship transfer activities, shipping and barging
activities at Akram point will generate noise create
disturbance to the wildlife of the Sundarbans.
• Ballast water, oil spillage and coal dropping might
affect pneumatological of Mangrove plants
12. RESOLVE
• Rampal power plant should be stopped
due to the dangerous ecological effect
of it.
• Govt. should find out another alternative
way & save Sundarbans by stopping
this project