Implementation of the Payra 1,320-megawatt (MW) thermal power plant project in Patuakhali is being delayed, allegedly due to lack of coordination among the stakeholders involved.
Only 70 per cent activities of the power plant worth US$ 1.98 billion has been completed, although the initial target to start electricity generation from a 660-MW unit was April 25.
Its second 660-MW unit was scheduled to initiate commercial operation by October 25.
The required power evacuating transmission line to supply electricity from the plant is not yet completed.
The Payra coal-fired power plant will be the first operational power plant, to be run on imported coal.
The NWPGCL, a 50:50 joint venture between the state-run North-West Power Generation Company Ltd (NWPGCL) and China's China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC), is implementing the Payra power plant project.
