According to the highly placed official sources, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Power Cell are jointly preparing the work-plan on electricity while Petrobangla is designing the layout on gas and coal resources.

The Power Division and the Energy Division--the two wings of the ministry--will give the final touches to their respective agenda.

A top BPDB official told the news agency that they have already completed the drafting of the work plan in line with the guidelines given by the chief adviser's office.

"We'll focus on the problems the power sector has been facing and also place some concrete proposals for resolving the nagging crisis," he said.

Sources said two types of strategies--short-term and long-term--will be accommodated in the plan of action.

Mainly there will be a list of generation projects, their funding and the present state of implementation in detail in the plan. The present state of the existing plants will also be included in the plan, according to the sources.

In this regard, they said, the short-term plan will be presented with an implementation target by 2009.

A number of priority projects might be laid out on list, such as 450MW Meghnaghat phase-II and phase-III, another 450MW plant at Bheramara, 300MW Shiddhirganj peaking plant, 360MW Shiddhirganj combined-cycle plant, 150MW Chandpur plant, 90MW Fenchuganj plant, 210MW Shiddhirganj plant and another 450MW Dhaka North Power plant project.

Among the projects, the World Bank has proposed to provide funds for the 450MW Bheramara and 300MW Shiddhirganj plants while Japan is interested in the 360MW Shiddhirganj plant.

The BPDB will mention in the plan how much gas and coal will be required for fuelling the power-enhancement plan.

On the other hand, sources said, Petrobangla will focus on gas and coal exploration and proper usage of the newfound national wealth under the ground.

Particularly, it will present in detail the present and future states of country's gas and coal production and the funding it needs to implement the projects.

The sources said the work-plan will emphasis diversified uses of the energy resources for power generation and other purposes including downstream business emerging from mining industry.

Energy Secretary AMM Nasir Uddin said the work-plan on gas and coal utilisation is being prepared on the basis of the Energy Master Plan up to 2025.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Fahim Munaim told the UNB that as per instruction, the Power and Energy Divisions are getting ready to make the presentation tomorrow.