Indo-Bangla First Joint Steering Committee meet held
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
FE Report
The First Joint Steering Committee for cooperation in Power Sector between India and Bangladesh was held Tuesday in New Delhi under the co-Chairmanship of Secretaries of Power from the two countries, according to a report of Press Information Bureau, India.
The meeting headed by H S Brahma on Indian side and Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad on the Bangladesh side discussed grid inter-connection between India and Bangladesh as well as co-operation between NTPC and BPDB.
The Joint Technical Team of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and Bangladesh Power Developed Board (BPDB) & Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) have worked out a tentative cost estimate for grid inter-connection which is approximately over Rs. 8.69 billion (Rs.869.21 crore) out of which, about Rs. 7.09 billion (Rs.708.88 crore) is for the Bangladesh portion and over Rs. 1.60 billion (Rs.160.33 crore) for the Indian portion. The PGCIL will finance for the work to be done on the Indian side.
Bangladesh has requested PGCIL to act as a consultant on a nomination basis to assist in project execution since the work related to HVDC is being done for the first time in Bangladesh. The cost of consultancy will be borne by government of Bangladesh.
It was decided that PGCIL should associate the engineers of PGCB in execution of the project to gain experience.
The First Joint Steering Committee for cooperation in Power Sector between India and Bangladesh was held Tuesday in New Delhi under the co-Chairmanship of Secretaries of Power from the two countries, according to a report of Press Information Bureau, India.
The meeting headed by H S Brahma on Indian side and Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad on the Bangladesh side discussed grid inter-connection between India and Bangladesh as well as co-operation between NTPC and BPDB.
The Joint Technical Team of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and Bangladesh Power Developed Board (BPDB) & Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) have worked out a tentative cost estimate for grid inter-connection which is approximately over Rs. 8.69 billion (Rs.869.21 crore) out of which, about Rs. 7.09 billion (Rs.708.88 crore) is for the Bangladesh portion and over Rs. 1.60 billion (Rs.160.33 crore) for the Indian portion. The PGCIL will finance for the work to be done on the Indian side.
Bangladesh has requested PGCIL to act as a consultant on a nomination basis to assist in project execution since the work related to HVDC is being done for the first time in Bangladesh. The cost of consultancy will be borne by government of Bangladesh.
It was decided that PGCIL should associate the engineers of PGCB in execution of the project to gain experience.