India’s growing control over Bangladesh worries experts

[bluesky]

Any good source of details appreciated

Below is a link to the Maitree Power Plant in Rampal.

Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, Bangladesh

The Maitree super thermal power project was constructed by the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (BIFPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and National Thermal Power Corporation, an Indian Government-owned electric utility company.

www.power-technology.com

India has the technology to build such a plant, BD has almost none. This is the reason BD remains technologically inferior to all countries including India.

Unless BD learns technologies in all fields, the country will remain dependent upon other countries for money and technology. All the countries develop with the infusion of their native technology and BD is a country that shouts of development with the infusion of foreign money and technology.

This is a fake and unsustainable development.

 

[Chat SAMOSA]

Below is a link to the Maitree Power Plant in Rampal.

Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, Bangladesh

The Maitree super thermal power project was constructed by the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (BIFPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and National Thermal Power Corporation, an Indian Government-owned electric utility company.

www.power-technology.com

When I say India has the technology to build such a plant, BD has almost none. This is the reason BD remains technologically inferior to all countries including India.

Unless BD learns technologies in all fields, the country will remain dependent upon other countries for money and technology. All the countries develop with the infusion of their native technology and BD is a country that shouts of development with the infusion of foreign money and technology.

This is a fake and unsustainable development.

Thx but I am referring particularly to the op complaint about this increasing BD dependence for electricity. A BD power plant reduces such dependency not increase.

Ofcourse it will be even better if BD built it all by themselves but that only comes thru such collaborations. India learnt from Russians Americans and Germans and over a period of 30 years they've become good at it.

 

[bluesky]

Thx but I am referring particularly to the op complaint about this increasing BD dependence for electricity. A BD power plant reduces such dependency not increase.

I am not sure, but @Bilal9 may answer your question.

The most pathetic affair in Bangladesh is that, we did not add a single oil refinery in the last 50 years of independence. We are still using Pakistan era single refinery in Chattogram. At least then Pakistani govt. were more visionary than all the govt. of Bangladesh in the last 50 years. Vital and critical infrastructure for Bangladesh's national security all were established during Pakistan era but later Bangladesh govt. did very little or nothing to add more value to it. Hydropower dam, Ordnance Factory, Radar stations, Atomic research institute, railway workshop, Motor assembly plant, air force bases (Bangladesh could not add a single full fledged air force base than what Pakistani govt. established before 1971. we are still using civilian runway for air force plane!) to name a few from Pakistani era.

I have stopped saying the truth that most vital infrastructures were built during the time of Ayub Khan in the 1960s for fear of backlash by @UKBengali and some of his new disciples in this forum.

Eastern Refinery, Chittagong Steel Mills, Patenga Dry Dock, and Cable Factory near the sea shore are such examples.

Chandroghona Paper Mills, Kaptai Dam project, Fenchuganj and Ghorasal Fertilizer Factories are others. There are hundred other things that were built at that time.

 

[fallstuff]

Load of nonsense.

BD has been getting relatively more powerful vis-a-vis India since AL came into power in 2009.

The whole of the India NE region relies on BD both for its security and in the future for its prosperity.

Same for W Bengal in the future as BD becomes the centre of a region of 400 million people where goods, services and energy flows freely.

The idea that India can turn a huge nation population wise of 165 million into a colony in perpetuity is ridiculous. India has no such capability and they know it.

Hasina relies on India for legitimacy as India is the only nation that recognized Hasina's reelection.
You can't negotiate properly with a Nation when you are beholden to that Nation as Hasina is for legitimacy. Frankly speaking India holds all the aces on her as FM alga Momen so eloquently said recently.
She hasn't been able to get any substantial deal from India in the past decade.

 

[UKBengali]

Hasina relies on India for legitimacy as India is the only nation that recognized Hasina's reelection.
You can't negotiate properly with a Nation when you are beholden to that Nation as Hasina is for legitimacy. Frankly speaking India holds all the aces on her as FM alga Momen so eloquently said recently.
She hasn't been able to get any substantial deal from India in the past decade.

Err, India cannot make Hasina legitimate.

She needs to be recognised by both the people of BD and all major powers to be legitimate.

 

[StraightEdge]

I love "Experts" "Critics" etc., They never have a name, and gets worried about almost anything.

 

[VikingRaider]

Err, India cannot make Hasina legitimate.

She needs to be recognised by both the people of BD and all major powers to be legitimate.

Yes agree! Recognized by night voting!

Recently Hasina said that only under BAL free and fair election happened!

Indeed it's joke of the century!

 

[Cheepek]

Thx but I am referring particularly to the op complaint about this increasing BD dependence for electricity

BD will buy electricity from Adani's power plant

 

[EasyNow]

BAL govt. is desperate to show Bangladeshi people a river treaty. Their carrot would be, 'Look we may not achieve bringing water in Teesta river, but here is Kushiyara river water for you'.

Haven't you seen, Hasina made a press conference where she said ''I did not came back from India empty handed''. She was reffering this Kushiyara river water treaty.

Yes I agreed on that thread too that she has come back with nothing - but this report makes it like we have become even more reliant on India after this meeting - there is nothing to support that view

Recent load shedding was a deliberate decision of Govt. to buy less diesel to preserve the Forex which was failed. Now load-shedding is back to previous low level.

The most pathetic affair in Bangladesh is that, we did not add a single oil refinery in the last 50 years of independence. We are still using Pakistan era single refinery in Chattogram. At least then Pakistani govt. were more visionary than all the govt. of Bangladesh in the last 50 years. Vital and critical infrastructure for Bangladesh's national security all were established during Pakistan era but later Bangladesh govt. did very little or nothing to add more value to it. Hydropower dam, Ordnance Factory, Radar stations, Atomic research institute, railway workshop, Motor assembly plant, air force bases (Bangladesh could not add a single full fledged air force base than what Pakistani govt. established before 1971. we are still using civilian runway for air force plane!) to name a few from Pakistani era.

Again agreed that BD has neglected a lot of things over the years - but the report is painting a picture of some recent capitulation by Hasina, which is not true.

It's just the usual - 'we are sold to India / USA /Pakistan' narrative of the opposition

 

[fallstuff]

Err, India cannot make Hasina legitimate.

She needs to be recognised by both the people of BD and all major powers to be legitimate.

When BD bought the mig-29s, she had people support, now she can barely buy the trainer jets. She can't get a deal on Teesta, need even an Indian ok to work on Teesta with China in B.
The word is the Submarines stay on the dock for "Repair issues "
This is the problem when you don't have legitimacy needing a foreign govt to help keep you in power.

 

[UKBengali]

When BD bought the mig-29s, she had people support, now she can barely buy the trainer jets. She can't get a deal on Teesta, need even an Indian ok to work on Teesta with China in B.
The word is the Submarines stay on the dock for "Repair issues "
This is the problem when you don't have legitimacy needing a foreign govt to help keep you in power.

All assumptions that she is controlled by India with no hard evidence to back it up with.

Like I say already those 18 TRG-300 MLRS are far more of a threat to India than 1-2 squadrons of 4+ gen fighter jets can be.

India has no ability to keep Hasina in power. We need to get back into reality.

 

[JohnyD]

we cant make everyone happy, its fine if there are few who keep finding negative points, the two countries should keep up the momentum and build a strong relationship based on mutal respect and mutal national security...BD will have lot to gain as its 1.4 billion culturaly familar economy, India's growth and naturally growing political clout in global affairs will directly benefit BD, believe me.

 

[fallstuff]

Every kind of refuge has its price, there is no escape !

 

[bluesky]

India has no ability to keep Hasina in power. We need to get back into reality.

Bravo for saying the falsehood. Alga Momen was wrong in saying what he said, no doubt. India has the strongest ability to control the BAL party govt in BD.