Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline, by way of video conferencing on Saturday.
While talking on the occasion, Prime Minister Modi termed the inauguration as the beginning of a brand new version of relations between the 2 nations.Â
Currently, diesel is provided to Bangladesh by a 512-km rail route. The 131.5-km pipeline will provide as much as 1 million tonnes every year of diesel from Numaligarh in Assam to Bangladesh.
This wouldn’t simply assist save on transportation prices but in addition cut back the carbon footprint of shifting the gas, Modi mentioned.
The building of the pipeline venture began in 2018. It is the primary cross-border power pipeline between the 2 neighbours. Of the entire value of Rs 377 crore of the venture, the Rs 285 crore value of Bangladesh part of the pipeline has been borne by the federal government of India underneath grant help.
The IBFPL will probably be transporting 1 million tonnes every year (MMTPA) of diesel to seven districts in Northern Bangladesh.
“The India-Bangladesh friendship pipeline was initiated in Sep 2018…with the help of this pipeline Northern West Bengal districts will be provided 1 million metric tonnes of high-speed diesel,” mentioned PM Modi. “This will reduce the cost & will also reduce the carbon footprint of the supply,” he added.Â
