PM Narendra Modi & Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Indo-Bangla pipeline project

PM Narendra Modi & Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Indo-Bangla pipeline project: Details, Features, Highlights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina on 18th September 2018 jointly launched the construction of India-Bangladesh Friendship Product Pipeline Project through video conferencing.

The India-Bangla Pipeline project will go a long way in strengthening the Indo-Bangla ties. It is a new milestone in the history of cooperation between India and Bangladesh.

The India and Bangladesh had entered into an agreement for the construction of the pipeline in April 2018 during Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale's visit to Dhaka.

The 130-kilometer pipeline will connect Siliguri in West Bengal in India and Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh.

The six-kilometer Indian leg of the pipeline project will be implemented by the Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited and the remaining 124 kilometers of the pipeline project will be implemented by Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation.

The capacity of the pipeline will be 1 million metric tons per annum.

Bangladesh would initially receive 2.5 lakh tonnes of diesel every year and it would gradually be increased to 4 lakh tonnes.

The India-Bangla Pipeline project will replace the existing practice of sending diesel by rail covering a distance of 510 kilometers.

The India-Bangla Pipeline project estimated project cost will be Rs 346 crore and it will be completed in 30 months time.

This will be the first such pipeline through which refined diesel will be supplied to Parbatipur depot from Numaligarh of Assam in India.