Postal, Telecommunications and Information Technology, and Science and Technology Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam on Thursday said efforts are underway to supply around 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the national grid by November.
"We are making all-out efforts to supply nearly 300MW of electricity from the first reactor of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the national grid by this coming November. In addition, we plan to load nuclear fuel into the second reactor around June next year," said the minister.
Underlining the priority attached to the project, Minister Anam noted that as the 1,200MW capacity mega project is a flagship initiative of Russia's state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom, the Russian side is giving it top priority. Teams of experts sent three months ago are working round the clock to meet the project targets.
During his interaction, the minister also addressed recent queries regarding the mobile financial service provider 'Nagad'. Clarifying the government’s stance, he stated that the government has no plan or intention to sell Nagad.
He highlighted that Nagad is currently operating in a profitable state and assured that steps will be taken to make the platform even more modern and profitable in the future.