every person should know about the merits and demerits of rampal power station and they should learn about the effects of rampal power station , its harms sundarban. we want electricity bt we do not want to harm sundarban ,here we have to com forward to save sundarban

4. The Rampal Power station is situated
in Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat district
in Khulna Bangladesh. It will be the
biggest power station in our country.

5.  Sponsor: Bangladesh-India Friendship Power
Company Pvt. Ltd. (BIFPCL)
 Parent company: Bangladesh Power Development
Board, NTPC
 Location: Khulna, Bangladesh
 Gross Capacity: 1320 MW (2 x 660 MW)
 Type: Ultra-Supercritical
 Projected in service: 2018

6.  In August 2010, this project was signed
between Bangladesh Power Development
Board (BPDB)
 And India's state-owned National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
 On January 29, 2012, the Bangladesh
Power Development Board signed an
agreement with NTPC to build the plant.

7.  Agreed to implement the project by 2016.
 The BPDB and the NTPC agreed to
implement the project on a 50:50 equity
basis.
 The NTPC will set up and operate the
plant

8.  Loans are expected to fund up to 70%
of the US$1.5 billion project.
 India and Bangladesh will fund the
remaining 30% equally (15% each)

13.  It has been alleged that the Rampal station
is against The Ramsar Convention

 The plant is to be built in a forest and
sensitive wetlands area.
 Different types of wastes like the residue of
the coal, ballast water, bilge water, oil etc
 It is produced from the Ships will be
discharged to the river system and pollute
the environment

14.  Water column may be polluted due to
oil spillage, coal spillage and other
malpractice like
 waste discharge, discharge of ballast
and bilge water etc.

15.  Ship-to-ship transfer activities, shipping
 barging activities at Akram point will generate
noise create disturbance to the wildlife of the
Sundarbans.
 Ballast water, oil spillage and coal dropping might
affect pneumatological of Mangrove plants.

18.  Rampal power plant should be stopped
due to the dangerous ecological effect of
it.
 Govt. should find out another alternative
way & save Sundarbans by stopping this
project
 People have to come forward