Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to inaugurate power plant, railway links during India Visit
Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant-2 and the 65-kilometre Khulna-Mongla Port Railway Link have been implemented under the Indian Line of Credit (LoC).
Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant-2, 65-kilometre-long Khulna-Mongla Port Railway Link, Akhaura (Bangladesh) and Agartala (India) Railway Link are expected to be inaugurated during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India to attend the 18th G20 Summit in September this year 2023.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma made the announcement as he paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hsian at her official residence Ganabhaban on Tuesday July 18.
Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed journalists after the meeting.
The Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant-2 and the 65-kilometre Khulna-Mongla Port Railway Link have been implemented under the Indian LoC. And the Akhaura (Bangladesh) and Agartala (India) Railway Link is under Indian grants.
Prime Minsiter Sheikh Hasina Thanked the Indian government for allowing Bangladesh to bring 40MW of power from Nepal through the Indian grid. And she hopeful that India would also allow Bangladesh to import power from Bhutan through Indian grid.
