TE24 Bangladesh Desk:
India is seeking a corridor to supply electricity from Katihar, Bihar to Bornagar of Assam through Parbatipur in Dinajpur of Bangladesh.
This issue will be discussed at an upcoming joint working group and steering committee meetings, likely to be held on May 28-29.
A significant level group drove by Bangladesh Power Secretary Md Habibur Rahman left Dhaka on Thursday for Delhi for the gathering on power area participation among Bangladesh and India.
In the past power secretary-level guiding advisory group meeting, Bangladesh said it is focused on supporting the execution of the Katihar-Parbatipur-Boronagar transmission line.
Be that as it may, the sharing information of hydropower projects with Bangladesh being bring down a riparian nation, legitimate, implemental, functional and security issues brought up in the joint working gathering (JWG) addressing should be addressed to work with the task.
India said the Katihar-Parbatipur-Boronagar transmission line isn’t intended for any hydro project and no riparian issues are engaged with the proposed transmission line.
A six-part board has been framed to inspect the legitimate and functional parts of the execution of the Indian transmission line project, official sources affirmed.
The Daily Sun has arrived at an individual from the board who said the council is likewise looking for information on projects providing power from explicit power projects through the proposed transmission line.
“Prior, they (India) have an arrangement to supply power from hydropower projects from Meghalaya, which is our main pressing issue for Bangladesh being a lower riparian country. Be that as it may, we heard they surrendered the activities over nearby intricacy. We believe that a mutually beneficial arrangement should make the thought productive,” the part said on the state of namelessness.
Prior, Bangladesh had communicated worry that the transmission framework might be utilized to empty future hydropower from NER, India and Bangladesh being lower riparian country, the issue additionally should be examined in the Joint River Commission (JRC) of India and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh likewise raised the issue of safety and activity and support of the proposed hallway.
Bangladesh likewise proposed to consent to an information dividing arrangement among India and Bangladesh to get various types of information to direct an extensive plausibility study, hydrological and water displaying studies, and ecological and social effect evaluation which will be expected to get the endorsement of development for the transmission line.
Bangladesh likewise proposed to allude the make a difference to a joint specialized group (JTT) and India proposed to determine the execution issues through conversations between the Indian Power Grid and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh referenced in before gatherings that transmission licensee of another nation developing transmission lines an across the area of Bangladesh is another idea to Bangladesh. “According to the administrative arrangement, PGCB, Bangladesh is the main approved substance to carry out transmission framework in Bangladesh,” a skilled source said.
On the off chance that Bangladesh might permit India to utilize the passageway, it will expect to have exceptional game plans to construct the transmission line by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
An authority of the Bangladesh Power Division likewise said India may likewise tackle a few disrupted issues including customs obligations, expense and worth added duty to import 1160MW of power through cross boundary power buy to get a mutually beneficial result.
The business activity date of Rampal Power plant may likewise be fixed at the gathering, sources added.
Collaboration of joint interest in Bhutan and bringing in power from Nepal may likewise be examined at the gathering.
