India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline to be jointly inaugurated by PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina: The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline will be inaugurated via video conference by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. It is first such pipeline through which refined diesel will be supplied to Bangladesh from India. The project is built under grant assistance from the government of India.
What is India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project:
- The project entails the construction of a 130-kilometer pipeline that will connect Siliguri in West Bengal and Parbatipur in Bangladesh’s Dinajpur district.
- Of the total stretch, six-kilometre will be in Indian side and remaining 124 kilometres will in Bangladesh. Indian leg of the pipeline project will be implemented by Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited and Bangladeshi leg will be implemented by Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation.
- The pipeline has a yearly capacity of one million metric tonnes. It will supply refined diesel to the Parbatipur depot from Numaligarh in Assam, India.
- Initially, it will supply Bangladesh 2.5 lakh tonnes of diesel every year and gradually it will be increased to 4 lakh tonnes.
Significance of The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project:
The project will replace existing practice of sending diesel by rail covering distance of 510 kilometers. The estimated this pipeline project is Rs. 346 crore and it will be completed in 30 months’ timeframe.
