India and Bangladesh to jointly build 1,310 MW power plant in Chalna

[Ruag]

India, Bangladesh power venture to come up in Chalna

The joint technical team of Bangladesh and India selected Chalna, near Khulna port, an ideal site to install the proposed 1310 MW coal fired power plant in joint venture between the two countries.

As per agreement of first steering committee for cooperation in power sector, the joint technical committee comprising with the officials of BPDB and NTPC visited Khulna last week and selected the site for the proposed coal fired power plant.

"We will install the 1310 MW coal fired power plant at Chalna. However, it will be a two-unit power plant on equal equity basis", ASM Alamgir Kabir, Chairman of BPDB told BSS on Sunday.

According to the official sources the NTPC team has suggested the BPDB officials to engage local consultant to do the feasibility study on socio- environmental and ecological impact on coal fired power plant. It also suggested engaging consultant to workout on the plan of coal transportation.

"We do not have enough idea about coal handling, it would be a huge power plant and we need to import huge coal, depot it and to transport it. So they suggested us to work on the issue", he added.

According to the PDB chairman the committee has started feasibility study and hopefully sign the joint venture agreement between BPDB and NTPC soon.

Earlier the committee selected two sites, Khulna and Chittagong. Finally both the parties agreed to install a 1320 MW each (approximately) plant in joint venture.

The committee also worked out on the grid inter-connection between India and Bangladesh as well as co-operation between NTPC (National Thermal Power Company) and BPDB (Bangladesh Power Development Board).

Bangladesh and India has signed a memorandum of understanding on exchange of power during the off-peak hours (17 hours a day) during the visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India in January last.

According to the power ministry sources NTPC offered to carry out technical assessment for BPDB's old thermal power stations for efficiency improvement, renovation and modernisation.

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[Chanakyaa]

This will be a huge success of indo-bd ties.

 

[Justin Joseph]

Good news for people of Bangladesh and India-BD friendship.

soon thread gonna spoil by the Bangladesh haters using bad words like "dalal" etc.

 

[ARCHON]

Long live India-BD friendship..

 

[Adios Amigo]

Long live India-BD friendship..

Hahahaha Till now it looks one sided love affair









Adios

 

[Ecstacy]

Hahahaha Till now it looks one sided love affair









Adios

Atleast we can still call it love.What the then leaders of ur country did to the people of the country which was then known as East Pakistan,can not be called love u see.

 

[ARCHON]

Hahahaha Till now it looks one sided love affair









Adios

Yes true , if you falsly imagine that BD guys in PDF represents the majority opinion of BD.

There are nicer people out there in BD who acknowledges the efforts.

En casa chica y en largo camino se conoce el buen amigo

 

[Justin Joseph]

Hahahaha Till now it looks one sided love affair









Adios

No, that not correct. BD is sending the good waves and responding well.

 

[Ingis]

Hahahaha Till now it looks one sided love affair









Adios

Hmm... and what makes you say that?

Agreed that Bangladesh has taken a lot of pro-India steps like capturing ULFA militants and providing port transit to NE India states but India too has reciprocated Bangladesh's goodwill gestures.