PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina to jointly inaugurate three development projects via video conferencing today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside along with her Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate three Indian assisted development projects on Wednesday. According to an official assertion from the Prime Minister’s Office, the occasion will happen round 11 am via video conferencing. 

These are the three projects:

• Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link
• Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line
• Unit – II of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant

Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link

The Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link undertaking has been executed underneath the Government of India grant help of INR 392.52 crore prolonged to Bangladesh. The size of the rail hyperlink is 12.24 km with a 6.78 km Dual Gauge rail line in Bangladesh and 5.46 km in Tripura.

Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line

The Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line Project has been carried out underneath the Government of India concessional Line of Credit with a complete undertaking price of USD 388.92 million. The undertaking entails the development of roughly 65 km of broad gauge rail route between Mongla Port and the prevailing rail community in Khulna. With this, Mongla, the second largest port of Bangladesh, will get related with the broad-gauge railway community.

Maitree Super Thermal Power Project 

The Maitree Super Thermal Power Project underneath the Indian Concessional Financing Scheme mortgage of USD 1.6 billion, is a 1320 MW (2×660) Super Thermal Power Plant (MSTPP) positioned in Rampal in Khulna Division of Bangladesh. The undertaking has been carried out by the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Private) Limited (BIFPCL). It is a 50:50 Joint Venture firm between India’s NTPC Ltd and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).

Unit I of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant was unveiled jointly by each Prime Ministers in September 2022 and Unit 2 will likely be inaugurated on 1 November 2023. The operationalization of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant will improve vitality safety in Bangladesh.

As per the PMO launch, these projects are anticipated to bolster the connectivity and vitality safety within the area. 

India-Bangladesh relations

The diplomatic relations between the 2 nations formally started in 1971 with India’s recognition of an unbiased Bangladesh (which was previously generally known as East Pakistan). On December 6, Bangladesh and India have fun Friendship Day commemorating India’s recognition of Bangladesh and the continued friendship between the 2 nations. India was the primary nation to acknowledge Bangladesh as a separate and unbiased state and established diplomatic relations with the nation instantly after its independence in December 1971.  India’s hyperlinks with Bangladesh are civilisational, cultural, social and financial. There is far that unites the 2 nations – a shared historical past and customary heritage, linguistic and cultural ties, ardour for music, literature and the humanities. 

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