Prime Minister Tarique Rahman recently reviewed the progress of two major waste-to-energy projects for Dhaka and directed the authorities concerned to expedite their implementation through close inter-ministerial coordination.
The directives came at a meeting held at the Cabinet Division conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat, according to Prime Minister’s Deputy Press Secretary Shahadat Hossain Shadhin.
The meeting was informed that China’s CMEC Group will invest in a waste-to-energy plant at Aminbazar under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
The facility will process around 3,000 tonnes of municipal waste daily to generate 42.5 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
The project is expected to begin supplying electricity to the national grid by August 2028 and is designed to operate for at least 25 years.
The meeting also reviewed a second project at Matuail under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), which will be implemented by South Korea’s B&F Company.
