Dhaka to import 500MW more power from Delhi
Bangladesh has decided to import 500MW electricity from Indian open market in addition to the present import of 500MW power through the Bheramara high voltage grid substation.
Bangladesh placed the proposal at a meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) at a at a city hotel in the capital. Bangladesh also placed a proposal at the meeting to import another 100MW from Tripura in addition to the present 100MW package.
Monowar Islam, Secretary of the Power Division, and Pradeep Kumar Pujari, Secretary of Indias Power Division, led their respective delegation at the meeting.
The JSC is a secretary-level body formed several years ago by the governments of India and Bangladesh to move forward the projects to be implemented by Dhaka and New Delhi for the development of the power sector.
Normally, the JSC sits twice a year in alternative venues between Dhaka and New Delhi to review the progress in the power sector cooperation and take up new projects on bilateral basis. The last meeting was held in New Delhi last year.
