3 India-Assisted Projects Launched by PM Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

New Delhi: Three India-assisted development projects were inaugurated jointly through video conferencing by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.

The inaugurated projects include two railway projects and a power sector project. Their inauguration strengthens the ties and partnership between India and Bangladesh.

The three projects are the Akhaura- Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link, Khulna – Mongla Port Rail Line and Unit – II of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant in Rampal, Bangladesh.

The Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link project has been executed under a Government of India grant assistance of Rs 392.52 crore extended to Bangladesh.

The Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line Project has been implemented under the Government of India’s concessional Line of Credit with a total project cost of USD 388.92 million.

The Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, under an Indian Concessional Financing Scheme loan of 1.6 billion US dollars, is a 1320 MW Super Thermal Power Plant located in Rampal in Khulna Division of Bangladesh. The project has been implemented by the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited which is a 50:50 Joint Venture company between India’s NTPC Ltd and Bangladesh Power Development Board.

“I express my gratitude for your commitment to strengthening the bonds of friendship between our two countries, Sheikh Hasina said.