PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina to virtually inaugurate first Bangladesh-India cross-border oil pipeline

PM Modi, PM Hasina to Virtually Inaugurate First India-Bangladesh Cross-border Oil Pipeline

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate the maiden cross-border oil pipeline between the two countries on March 18.

PM Modi, Hasina to launch Rs 377-cr cross-border oil pipeline on March 18

Cross-border oil pipeline: The 130-km-long friendship pipeline on West Bengal border will transport diesel from Numaligarh Refinery in Assam

PM Modi and Sheikh Hasina to virtually inaugurate first Bangladesh-India cross-border oil pipeline

A long-term agreement was signed in 2017 to import diesel from India to Bangladesh through the pipeline, which stretches from West Bengal's Siliguri to a Meghna petroleum depot in Dinajpur's Parbatipur, the BDNews news portal reported.

Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina, Modi to inaugurate first Bangladesh-India cross-border oil pipeline on March 18

The bilateral project launched in March 2020 had an initial deadline of June 2022 that was pushed back another year due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic, the report added.

PM Hasina & PM Modi to virtually inaugurate first Bangladesh-India cross-border oil pipeline on March 18

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will jointly inaugurate the maiden cross-border oil pipeline between the two countries on March 18 for diesel transportation to this country, Bangladesh's foreign minister has said.

Bangladesh PM Hasina and PM Modi to virtually inaugurate first Bangladesh-India cross-border oil pipeline on March 18

The pipeline stretches 125 km inside Bangladesh's territory and 5 km inside India.