Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi jointly unveiled unit 1 of Maitree Super Thermal Power Project in Bagerhat’s Rampal on Tuesday.
Earlier, Hasina and Modi witnessed signing of seven bilateral instruments after holding talks at Hyderabad House in India’s capital city.
Constructed under India’s concessional financing scheme, the project will add 1320 MW to Bangladesh’s national grid, reports UNB.
The first unit of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant will go into commercial operation early October.
According to the sources, unit 1 of the 1320 (2x660) MW coal-fired power plant was successfully synchronized with the national grid on August 15.
Unit 2 of the power plant, also known as Rampal coal-fired power project, is expected to be commissioned early next year.
Rampal power plant is being set up at a cost of approximately $2 billion and is located in the Bagerhat district of Khulna division.
The project is being built by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited for the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Private Ltd., a 50:50 joint venture company between India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) Ltd and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).
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