Tripura’s Palatana to supply power to Bangladesh at Rs. 5.50/unit

AGARTALA: The price of 100 MW power to be exported to Bangladesh from Tripura’s Palatana power station has been fixed through signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bangladesh.

As per the decision, the cost for the power is Rs. 5.50 per unit.  If everything goes right, export of the 100 MW power will start from February next, reports TNT news.

The power export was supposed to begin from December 16 last year, but was delayed as the price was not fixed then.

Currently, Bangladesh is receiving 500 MW power from West Bengal. Of the total, Bangladesh is paying Rs. 4.50 cent per unit to government-owned projects for 250 MW power. For rest 250 MW power sold by private companies, Bangladesh pays Rs. 5.50 cent per unit.

The Bangladesh and Indian officials also, earlier verified the progress of the 47-km power transmission line from Western Tripura to Southern Comilla in Eastern Bangladesh. Of the total, 18 km of the transmission line will lie in Indian Territory while the remaining portion will be in Bangladesh.

The decision was taken during a meeting in Bangladesh recently where Indian and Bangladesh officials took part.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also discussed about power supply to Bangladesh from Tripura during his early visit to Dhaka on June.

India had started supplying 500 MW power to Bangladesh in 2013 after a deal was signed between India’s NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN) and Bangladesh Power Development Board on February 28, 2012. The deal was a follow-up of agreement inked during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit in New Delhi in 2010.

(TNT News)