Barapukuria power plant closed again

A unit of Barapukuria Coal-fired Thermal Power Plant which resumed operation eight days ago to meet the demands of electricity during the Eid-ul-Azha was shut down again on Tuesday, reports UNB.

Executive engineer and manager of the power plant Mahbubur Rahman said the unit having a capacity of producing 125MW electricity went out of operation around 3:45pm as the reserved coal got exhausted.

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 20 August.

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