Meeting on Rampal Coal Power Plant will be held in Jackson Heights, New York. Bangladesh Environmental Network (BEN) – an environmental organization of non-resident Bangladeshis (NRB) – will organize a gathering of concerned non-resident Bangladeshis living in New York at the Diversity Plaza and a meeting on Sept 18th. The theme of the meeting is to Stop Rampal, Save Sundarbans, Save Bangladesh. The meeting will discuss how to convince the Government of Bangladesh not to implement the project or implement a more environmentally friendly options.
Regular blackouts are prompting Bangladesh to make two new coal-powered energy plants – the Rampal power plant will be operational by 2021. The location of plants are close to the Sundarbans, the world’s biggest single tract of mangrove forest, home to Royal Bengal Tigers, freshwater dolphins, and other species. Critics of the project – environmental groups, local communities, scientists, banks and UNESCO are critical of the plants’ proposed location near the Sundarbans, which they say will harm the region’s wildlife and human communities. Bangladeshi community in New York as well as concerned environmental groups raised their voices against the project.
The event is fee and all are welcome to join and share their thoughts. This is a rescheduled meeting of Aug 13th.
Venue
Mamun’s Tutorial
37-21, 72nd Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
Contact:
Sayed Fazlur Rahman, 347-842-8527