Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate Bangladesh’s power import from India through a videoconferencing today (Saturday).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be present at the inaugural function at Bherama power substation in Kushtia while the Indian Premier will join it from New Delhi through the videoconferencing.
This project has been the outcome of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two neighbours in January 10, 2010 during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India.
The project was then undertaken for implementation involving US 196.8 million (equivalent to Tk 1600 crore). A 100-km double circuit 400-kV transmission lines was installed from Baharampur in India to Bheramara in Bangladesh of which 73.5 km fall in Indian part and 27.36 km in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh signed the power purchase agreement (PPA) in February last year where an indicative tariff was fixed at about Rs 3 (Tk 5.5 approximately) per unit (each kilowatt hour). However, the Indian Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) will finally fix the tariff.
Source: UNBConnect
