Bangladesh and India will hold a three-day-long meeting at New Delhi, starting Thursday to discuss setting up of joint venture hydroelectric power projects, the 1,320MW coal-based Rampal power plant and power imports from India.
Bangladesh Power Secretary Monwar Islam and his Indian counterpart P Uma Sankar will lead the two sides at the joint steering committee meeting, a top official at the Power Division told the Dhaka Tribune Tuesday.
Dhaka and New Delhi are setting up a transmission line between Baharampur in Pashchimbanga’s Murshidabad district and Bhermara in Ishwardi-Khulna area of western Bangladesh.
Bangladesh expects to start importing electricity through this line from August of this year.
Sources said Bangladesh was interested in setting up joint venture hydroelectric power projects in some states of India and import power generated by these projects. The Bangladesh government will place a proposal in this regard at the secretary-level meeting.
The meeting will also review the progress of Bangladesh-India friendship activities in implementing the 1,320MW Rampal power plant in Bagerhat. They will also discuss and lay the foundation stone of the Rampal project.
Bangladesh will discuss the inaugural ceremony of the grid interconnection and a high voltage direct current (HDVC) sub-station at Bheramara.
