Bangladesh has started getting electricity from India's Adani Power on a trial basis, amid growing controversy over the deal.
The plant started power supply at 7:30pm on Thursday, Mir Mohammad Aslam Uddin, information officer at the power, energy and mineral resources ministry, told Dhaka Tribune.
The PGCB on Facebook said the electricity transmission had been synchronized with Bangladesh's national grid on a test basis.
About 50MW of electricity from the Adani plant had entered Bangladesh till 9pm through newly built transmission lines and substations, Aslam Uddin said.
He added that the PGCB had built a 134km 400kV transmission line, from the bordering Mankasha area through Rohanpur to Bogra. "Besides, a 400/230kV substation was installed in Bogra to facilitate the transmission of power."
An Adani Power official stationed in Bangladesh said: “The supply will gradually increase, and altogether 746MW of power will be supplied to the transmission line of Bangladesh.”
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam earlier this month told an Indian media outlet that Bangladesh had no problem with the Indian conglomerate, terming the power plant project an “important” one." “We are not having any issues with the Adani (power) project."
The deal was signed between Adani Power and the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) in November 2017.