INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS

Sept. 11, 2018

PM Narendra Modi, his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina, and Chief Ministers of West Bengal and Tripura jointly inaugurated three projects in Bangladesh via video conferencing.

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The three projects include:
- 500 MW additional power supply from India to Bangladesh,
- Akhaura - Agartala Rail Link and
- Rehabilitation of the Kulaura-Shahbazpur section of Bangladesh Railways.
The supply of additional 500 MW power to Bangladesh is being done using the transmission link between West Bengal and Bangladesh. With the completion of this project, 16 GW of power is now being supplied from India to Bangladesh.
Akhaura-Agartala rail link would connect Akhaura in Bangladesh with Tripura’s capital city Agartala through Nischintapur in the Indo-Bangla border. The rail link is expected to be operational in 2019.
- Apart from Agartala-Akhaura rail project, a bridge is being constructed over River Feni which would connect Sabroom in south Tripura with Feni district of Bangladesh.