PDB engineers save Tk 5 crore forex
This saved around Tk five crore in foreign currency, a high official at the plant told this correspondent yesterday.
The Gas Turbine-1 (GT-1), which went out of order eight month back, is now generating 40 MW power daily after overhauling.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The GT-I unit was installed by UK-based GEC Company in 1982. Its first overhauling was done in 1992 by foreign engineers and technicians at a cost of Tk 2.5 crore.
It went out of order and needed overhauling again.
Ashugonj Power Station authorities took permission from higher authorities to overhaul the unit with local engineers.
Bangladesh engineer and technicians started the work in November last year and successfully completed the work late last month.
"It is now in optimum production after trial operation, the official said.
"This is a great job done by our engineers".
"It would have cost around Tk five crore if done by foreign engineers because service charge and cost of equipment have almost doubled in a decade", he said.