A delegation from Japan's JFE Engineering met Chattogram City Corporation at the Nagar Bhaban on Sunday, 25 October, to discuss a proposal to generate electricity from the city's waste. The delegates said a feasibility study shows that processing about 1,000 tonnes of waste a day could produce 12 to 15 megawatts of electricity.
The feasibility of waste-to-energy for Chattogram City Corporation was assessed in the 2025-26 fiscal year with support from Japan's Ministry of the Environment, and JFE Engineering presented the proposal at the eighth Japan-Bangladesh PPP platform meeting in July.
At the meeting, the city corporation's head, Dr Shahadat Hossain, said a clean, healthy and environment-friendly city is impossible without modern waste management. He wants to see waste treated as a resource rather than a burden and turned into electricity, and believes Japan's technology and experience can help.
Chattogram produces a huge amount of waste every day, he said, and if it is not managed properly pollution, waterlogging and public health risks will grow. He sees renewable energy from waste not just as a power project but as a step towards sustainable city management and tackling climate change.
Attending were Eiji Koga, an adviser to Japan's Ministry of the Environment; Gen Takahashi and Bhaskar Saha of JFE Engineering; and, for the city corporation, acting chief executive officer Md Ashraful Amin, chief conservancy officer Captain Shamim Md Khan and chief engineer Anisur Rahman.
Reported by Dainik Azadi, based on a Chattogram City Corporation press release.
Photo: Chattogram City Corporation building, Iqbal Hossain / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Source: Dainik Azadi
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