In an apparent bid to stave off the controversies and protests involving the Rampal Power Plant, the government is now planning to take up a Tk 840 crore project to protect the Sundarbans. The plan represents the government’s firm stance in implementing the power project, even as protests from different quarters are growing fast. People from different quarters, including environmentalists, had been saying time and again that the implementation of the coal-based power plant near the Sundarbans, a UNESCO world heritage site, would destroy the world’s largest mangrove forest. The ministry of forest and environment has already sent the Detailed Project Plan (DPP) to the Planning Commission, for review, sources said. Under the Tk. 840…

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