Matarbari coal power plants: Sumitomo, Japanese companies threaten communities and climate in Bangladesh

September 2020

In the wake of the fiercest storm Bangladesh has experienced this century, Japanese financial institutions and coal developers are trying to push three new coal power stations, fuelling extreme weather and climate change.

Locals on remote Matarbari Island on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh are still dealing with the devastation of super cyclone Amphan, which has displaced over two million people. But these communities are also contending with a massive build-out of coal power which threatens their lives and livelihoods, and will worsen the extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.

Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) are pursuing proposed new coal power stations totalling 3,100 MW of capacity.  These projects:

  • have displaced local communities, destroyed livelihoods, and violated workers’ rights,
  • would worsen air pollution, killing thousands of people over the lifetime of the projects,
  • would increase climate impacts on the already vulnerable Bangladesh, releasing millions of tonnes of CO2 throughout the plants’ operational lifetimes, and
  • violate the climate policies of JICA, SMBC and Sumitomo.

Given these health, human rights and climate impacts, Sumitomo, JICA, NEXI and SMBC need to get out of the coal projects on Matarbari Island immediately.

“We have no room to build anything that emits CO2 emissions.”

Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency.

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The Dirty Three

Matarbari Phase 1 (1200MW)

The first phase of the Matarbari coal-power plant, costing a colossal US$4.51 billion, is jointly being developed by Bangladesh state owned Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL), Sumitomo Corporation, IHI Corporation and Toshiba, with SMBC acting as financial advisor. JICA has already provided US$1.48 billion to build the power plant and adjacent coal import infrastructure in the form of an official development assistance loan to Bangladesh. JICA intends to provide an additional US$1.33 billion to complete the project. Nippon Export and Investment Insurrance (NEXI) is providing export credit insurance coverage for this project.

Matarbari Phase 2 (1200 MW)

The Bangladesh government has reportedly requested further JICA loan assistance to build a second plant at Matarbari, as Phase 1 is “suggested to be economically nonviable, being the only plant to rely on the planned coal port infrastructure.”

NGOs from 18 countries around the world have urged Japan to stop funding Matarbari Phase 2.

JICA has appointed Tokyo Electric Power Services Co Ltd (TEPSCO)  to conduct a ‘Preparatory Survey’ on Matarbari (Phase 2).

Matarbari Kohelia Phase 1 (700 MW)

The third proposed plant at Matarbari, Kohelia (Phase 1), is a joint venture between CPGCBL and Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries. This plant is also backed by Japan’s SMBC, playing a lead role as financial advisor. 

Given that these projects are on a very small island and proximate to one another, the cumulative impacts of these three projects will be felt by the communities on the island.

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Devastating health and human rights impacts

Lost lives, homes and livelihoods

According to local news reports, the construction of Matarbari Phase 1 blocked watergates and natural drainage systems designed to drain flooding caused by monsoons and cyclone-induced storms, “resulting in water logging after heavy rainfall, causing immense suffering for locals”. In 2018, 22 out of 31 villages were waterlogged and inundated, and local communities reported “five incidents of death by drowning, of which all were children.” Seven school children were also severely injured by a boat sinking incident during their commute from school.

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Children are forced to commute to school on small boats because of water logging due to the construction of Matarbari Phase 1. Note the lack of safety gear or life jackets. Photo Credit: CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network) Bangladesh
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The land acquisition process for Matarbari Phase 1, which commenced in 2013, has resulted in the loss of people’s homes and livelihoods. The process has been met with resentment because the community was not properly consulted and, to date, not adequately compensated. Displaced families have not been relocated to new housing facilities promised by the project proponents, forcing some to migrate and resettle elsewhere.

āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāĻžāĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Š āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻž āĻ“ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āώ⧋āĻ­ āĻ“ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻŦā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āωāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤

Villagers who were evicted due to the construction of the Matarbari Kohelia coal plant. Photo Credit: Sharif Jamil.
āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻšā§‡āϞāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀āĨ¤ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž: āĻļāϰāĻŋāĻĢ āϜāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϞ

The communities have also lost traditional livelihoods in salt cultivation and shrimp farming, leaving 20,000 people without the means to make a living.

Choked by coal

Bangladesh’s air quality is already amongst the worst in the world, with IQAir ranking Bangladesh as having the worst average air quality in 2019. 

What’s more, despite the proposed and under-construction coal power plants being pursued by Japanese companies, they would not be acceptable in Japan due to their rates of air pollution. According to research by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and Greenpeace Japan, Matarbari Phase 1 would not meet the pollution standards applied to new plants constructed in Japan.

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āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĻāĻŽ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ

⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧝ āϏāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āφāχāĻ•āĻŋāωāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ°â€ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚-āĻāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āχāϤ⧋āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻĻā§‚āώāϪ⧇ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋāĨ¤

āĻ…āĻŦāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϞ⧋, āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āϝ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧀ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻ•āϝāĻŧāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Žāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻĻā§‚āώāϪ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āύāĻŋāϜ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āχ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāύāĻĒāĻŋāϏ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ-āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ“ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāύāĻĒāĻŋāϏ āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€, āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇āĻ“ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤

Source: Greenpeace Japan and Southeast Asia
āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ: āĻ—ā§āϰāĻŋāύāĻĒāĻŋāϏ āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻļāĻŋ⧟āĻž

According to a 2020 Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) report, pollution from Matarbari (Phase 1 and 2) and Kohelia (Phase 1 and 2) is projected to result in over 10,000 premature deaths over the projects’ operational years. Building three new coal plants at Matarbari would add to Bangladesh’s air pollution-related death toll, which totalled over 120,000 in 2017.

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Forced to work during the COVID crisis: While the entire world is fighting the coronavirus pandemic and taking strict measures for public health, the 3,000 labourers at the Matarbari construction site were forced to work despite strict government orders to stop. In April 2020, the workers went on strike demanding their right to safe health. When probed by reporters, a CPGCBL spokesperson denied any grievances by workers and stated that work will continue.
On 13 July 2020, unsafe working practices resulted in the death and serious injury of several workers at the Matarbari coal project site. Civil society organisations have condemned the accident.

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Threats to climate

“Coal power plants in coastal areas will worsen climate risk.”

Professor Anu Muhammad, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.

Plans to build these three coal power plants are completely out of line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5°C. If built, the three proposed coal plants at Matarbari backed by Japanese financial institutions would emit millions of tonnes of carbon pollution throughout the plants’ operational lifetimes.

Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to climate change. The coastal areas of Bangladesh are highly prone to floods, cyclones and storm surges, as seen by the destruction caused by super cyclone Amphan. Even in a scenario where global warming is limited to 2°C by 2050, 42 million people living on coastal Bangladesh would be at risk of flooding at least once a year. Under the same scenario, all of Matarbari Island is projected to be inundated by coastal flooding.

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Damaged embankments and roads inundated due to water logging on Matarbari Island.
Photo Credit: CLEAN (Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network) Bangladesh
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Violations of climate policy

JICA, Sumitomo and SMBC have all made climate commitments, which are violated by their support for these three power stations. NEXI has failed to assure that its guidelines on environmental and social considerations were properly implemented for Matarbari Phase 1. 

  • JICA has committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Sendai Framework For Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2030, which aim to make communities safer and more resilient to disasters. JICA itself has created a Climate Change Cooperation Strategy, under which JICA must proactively support the transformation to a low-carbon and climate-resilient society in developing countries.
  • Sumitomo has made clear commitments to “resolving the climate change issues and to realizing a carbon-neutral society” and ruled out development of new coal-fired power plants in its latest climate change policy, expressing support for the Paris Agreement.
  • SMBC has recently announced a policy stating the bank would end support for “newly planned coal-fired power plants,” which should undoubtedly include new projects such as Matarbari Phase 2 and Kohelia.
  • NEXI has failed to assure that its guidelines on environmental and social considerations were properly implemented in the context of Matarbari Phase 1. Matarbari Phase 1 does not meet standards listed in the NEXI’s ESIA environmental checklist for thermal power including resettlement, living and livelihood and working conditions and does not meet IFC Performance Standards which NEXI uses to assess projects.

The people of Bangladesh deserve a sustainable future where coal is out of the picture and renewable energy drives the country’s progress.

We urge Sumitomo to suspend plans to build coal-fired power and utilise the capital to deploy clean, renewable energy projects. The financial institutions involved in the projects – NEXI, JICA and SMBC must live up to their strong climate commitments and or their standards for environmental and social considerations and withdraw financial support from these coal power plants immediately.

āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ

āϜāĻžāχāĻ•āĻž, āϏ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧋āĻŽā§‹ āĻ“ āĻāϏāĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āϝ⧇ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Žāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ŸāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āϏāĻŦ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĨ¤

  • āϜāĻžāχāĻ•āĻž: āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āĻ°ā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖā§€āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāχ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĢāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ• āϰāĻŋāĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻļāύ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ģ-⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§ĻāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āĻ˜ā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāϏāĻŸā§‡āύ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ—ā§‹āϞ (āĻāϏāĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻŋ) āĻŽā§‡āύ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϜāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āχ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ŸāϤāĻž āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϪ⧟āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ⧇āϰ āφāĻ“āϤāĻžā§Ÿ āωāĻ¨ā§āύ⧟āύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύ āύāĻŋāσāϏāϰāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ“ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§ āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ŸāϤāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āωāĻ¨ā§āύ⧟āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰāĨ¤
  • āϏ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧋āĻŽā§‹: āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧋āĻŽā§‹āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϏ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžā§Ÿ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Žāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤
  • āĻāϏāĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāϏāĻŋ: āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Žāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžā§ŸāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāϏāĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāϏāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āϧāĻžāĻĒ āĻ“ āϕ⧋āĻšā§‡āϞāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āφāĻ“āϤāĻžāϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
  • āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋ: āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĨ¤ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿāύ (āχāĻāϏāφāχāĻ) āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Žāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ, āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ, āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ“ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§āϞāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļāĻ°ā§āϤ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϧāĻžāĻĒ āϏ⧇āϏāĻŦ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϤ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āφāχāĻāĻĢāϏāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄāϏ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āϘāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϝ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻĒāϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ āύ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿāύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧀āχ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤

āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏ⧁āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧋āĻŽā§‹āϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Žāϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒ⧁āρāϜāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦ āĻ“ āύāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿāύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāχāĨ¤ āύ⧇āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋ, āϜāĻžāχāĻ•āĻž, āĻāϏāĻāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāϏāĻŋāϏāĻš āĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āϜ⧜āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰāχ āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§ƒā§ āϜāϞāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻŽā§‡āύ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻ•ā§ŸāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻšāĻžā§ŸāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤


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