The government has decided to close down some fertiliser factories temporarily to divert gas to the power plants.
\nThe decision came at a high level meeting held at the Power division yesterday. State minister for power Brig (Rtd) Enamul Huq chaired the meeting which was\u00a0also attended by energy adviser Toufiq E Elahi Chowdhury, secretaries of the power and energy divisions, PDB chairman and chairman of Petrobangla.
\nThe meeting was told that the power generation could be enhanced by at least 500 mw if the gas was diverted to the power plants.
\nAt least 100 million mmcfd gas could be provided to the power plants if the production in Ghorashal, KAFCO and Jamuna fertiliser plants was stopped temporarily, sources said.\u00a0
\nDue to short supply of gas, production RPCL (175 MW), Raozan (180 MW), NEPC(110 MW) and Siddhirganj (210 MW) were limited to 88 MW,140 MW, 44 MW and 150 MW respectively as on last Sunday.<\/p>\n

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