India
has given its assent to allow Bangladesh to import electricity from Nepal
through its territory, said state minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid.
Nasrul Hamid stated this Tuesday
following his meeting with Indian high commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran at
the power ministry office at Bangladesh secretariat.
Bangladesh intends to import electricity
from a Nepalese power plant set up by an Indian company GMR. But reports have
it that the Indian bureaucracy has been creating impediments to the Bangladesh
move.
Apparently the Indian envoy in Dhaka has
made his country’s stance clear on the issue through making the assurance to
support.
Bangladesh’s move, Nasrul Hamid referred
Indian prime minister’s recent Nepal visit where he made a deal with Nepal to
facilitate GMR’s investment in the Himalayan nation.
He also said that India wants to jointly
conduct hydrocarbon exploration in Bangladesh.
“India is very keen to carry out joint
exploration in the hydrocarbon sector.”
Source
: Prothom Alo
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