Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, today jointly unveiled e-plaques for inauguration of the India Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline via video conference. Hon’ble Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt. of India, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri; Hon’ble CM of Assam Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma and Hon’ble MoS for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt.of India Shri Rameswar Teli also joined the proceedings.

This cross-border pipeline of capacity 1 million metric tonnes per annum built by NRL will be supplying High Speed Diesel from NRL’s Marketing Terminal at Siliguri to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation’s depot at Parbatipur in Dinajpur District. The total length of this pipeline is around 132 km, of which almost 127 KM is in Bangladesh, while 5 KM is in India.

The pipeline has been built at a cost of INR 377 Crore, of which, over INR 285 Crore has been spent for construction of the pipeline in Bangladesh portion by Govt of India under grant assistance. The balance cost of INR 92 Crore for constructing the Indian portion of the pipeline has been borne by NRL.

Earlier, the ground-breaking ceremony of this pipeline was witnessed by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on 18 September 2018. This is yet another step towards operationalizing ‘Act East Policy’ of Govt of India. NRL has already set its eyes on exporting Diesel to Myanmar as a next step.