India Gives Power Supply, Get Internet Bandwith From B'desh

Hasina said her country was getting 500 MW power from India now and both the countries made considerable development in the field of cooperation through roads, railways and power.

She also thanked Prime Minister Modi and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar for their cooperation.

Sarkar, at the invitation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, also joined the programme from here through video-conferencing.
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After the formal opening of international gateway of Internet, Tripura became the third state having such a gateway after Mumbai and Chennai.

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had laid the foundation of the project in Agartala on July 13, 2015 that aims at strengthening telecom services in NE states.

Under the project, an international gateway for broadband connectivity has been set up at Agartala in which connectivity will be provided through Bangladesh under a pact between BSNL and Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited.

The cost of the project is Rs 19.1 crore and annual operational expenditure is around Rs 7.2 crore. The bandwidth of 10 GB can be extended up to 40 GB, officials said.

Pricing of one unit of power was fixed at Rs 5.5 in a meeting between Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey and Bangladesh Minister of State for Power Nasirul Hamid on January 9 in Dhaka.

Power Grid Corporation erected 47 km long 400 kv double circuit transmission lines from Suryamaninagar powergrid near here to Comilla in Bangladesh.

The 726 MW gas-based thermal power project at Palatana in Gomati district is run by ONGC Tripura Power Company.

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