PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina to inaugurate Maitree Power Project in Bangladesh

[Black_cats]

PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina to inaugurate Maitree Power Project in Bangladesh​

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Published on Jul 31, 2022 12:16 PM IST
While PM Sheikh Hasina will be able to guide the country to economic progress during present global instability, her biggest threat are the Islamist parties who are out to orchestrate voilence against minorities in the republic.

PM Narendra Modi shaking hands with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.(File photo)
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ByShishir Gupta

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are expected to jointly inaugurate the 1320 MegaWatt Maitree Super Thermal Power Station when the latter visits India for a three-day visit in the first week of September. Touted to be Bangladesh’s largest power plant, the coal-fired station is being set up by Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between India’s NTPC and Bangladesh Power Development Board. The project is worth USD 1.5 billion.

While Bangladesh PM Hasina is expected to visit India any time between September 5 and 7 and stay for two to three days, the visit has been accorded utmost importance by the Modi government as Dhaka happens to be one of India’s closest allies. Before PM Hasina arrives in Delhi, trial runs between Kolkata-Chattogram-Mongla ports for India Bangladesh trade will begin posting a new chapter in the bilateral ties. The first vessel from Kolkata is expected to reach Mongla, on Pashur River, on August 5 carrying 16 tons of iron pipes in a container with destination Meghalaya using the Tamabil-Dwaki border points and 8.5 tons of pre-foam in another container for Assam using the Birbirbazaar-Srimantpur border points. This exercise will create cheaper and alternative routes for India to reach its North-East region while at the same time carrying export-import containers for Bangladesh.

Being a close ally of India, the Modi government has also allowed export of much-required wheat to Bangladesh through Hili Land Port in Dinajpur as a result of which the price of wheat has gone down, easing inflation concerns of Dhaka. India supplies nearly 66 per cent wheat to Bangladesh, while its imports from Ukraine, some 15 per cent every year, have been hit by the war with Russia.

Even though Bangladesh has approached the IMF for a loan, the economy and the infrastructure development under Sheikh Hasina are progressing with the Bangladesh project to grow by over 6 per cent this financial year. Dhaka like all the other countries in the Indian sub-continent have been hit by the hardening of USD because of which exports have become costlier. However, Bangladesh currency Taka is holding against the USD as compared to Pakistani Rupee and Sri Lankan Rupee.

While the country has prospered under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, Islamic radicalization has grown in Bangladesh with Muslim Brotherhood affiliate Jamait-e-Islami playing a major role in border areas. Even though Jamaat cannot contest elections as per 2013 Supreme Court ruling, the group along with other radicalized outfits like Hefazat-e-Islam, Jamait-ul-Mujahideen and Islamic Chhatra Shibir are instrumental in orchestrating attacks against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. To add fuel to fire are the Rohingya immigrants who have been penetrated by Pakistan based terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba to create problems for the ruling Awami League party. While Sheikh Hasina will take care of Bangladesh’s economy, it is the radical Islamists who could dent her prospects in the election next year unless made accountable by the law enforcement agencies.

PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina to inaugurate Maitree Power Project in Bangladesh

While PM Sheikh Hasina will be able to guide the country to economic progress during present global instability, her biggest threat are the Islamist parties who are out to orchestrate voilence against minorities in the republic.

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[Bilal9]

While the country has prospered under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, Islamic radicalization has grown in Bangladesh with Muslim Brotherhood affiliate Jamait-e-Islami playing a major role in border areas. Even though Jamaat cannot contest elections as per 2013 Supreme Court ruling, the group along with other radicalized outfits like Hefazat-e-Islam, Jamait-ul-Mujahideen and Islamic Chhatra Shibir are instrumental in orchestrating attacks against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. To add fuel to fire are the Rohingya immigrants who have been penetrated by Pakistan based terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba to create problems for the ruling Awami League party.

These scumbags are dealing in open faced lies. SMH.

 

[El Sidd]

This divorce is going to be extremely costly for humanity.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

These scumbags are dealing in open faced lies. SMH.

This blackcats idiot keeps posting Hinduvta propaganda!!

Why don’t the mods ban him??!!!

 

[Bilal9]

This blackcats idiot keeps posting Hinduvta propaganda!!

Why don’t the mods ban him??!!!

He has been warned I am sure. I even gave him advice to not post obvious Hindutva-connected propaganda.

All of us should take care in not re-posting Hindutva garbage which gets posted on Bangladesh media quite a bit.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

He has been warned I am sure. I even gave him advice to not post obvious Hindutva-connected propaganda.

All of us should take care in not re-posting Hindutva garbage which gets posted on Bangladesh media quite a bit.

Bangladeshi “journalists” are now under the pay of RAW.

What’s this idiot’s excuse?!!!

I completely ignore Bangladeshi media because it has been completely taken over by RAW.

 

[bluesky]

BAL and a few other political parties have been bought by the RAW. Newspapers are only following the BAL directives.

BAL govt will punish them if the newspapers do not follow BAL directives. They do not want their publication rights challenged by the BAL Digital Acts.

 

[Realtalk108]

Maitree Super Thermal Power Station

Isn't this the one at Rampal? The one which the env crowd were opposing tooth and nail because it will make the local tigers impotent, or something?

Then there was the India factor. The plant was 'tainted' (no such objection was raised against the one being built by China) and many highly respected poasters were grumbling about it.

In other news, one BNP supporter was killed by police yesterday and multiple wounded when they were demonstrating against power outage.

A decade ago, BD decided to rely on gas based plants because the power situation was acute and gas based plants can be built quicker and cheaper. But unlike coal, gas prices are now through the roof. Amazing how one decision can come back to wreck an entire decade of solid econ growth.

Dhaka needs to find rubles pronto. Not sure what they are waiting for.

 

[Bilal9]

Isn't this the one at Rampal? The one which the env crowd were opposing tooth and nail because it will make the local tigers impotent, or something?

Then there was the India factor. The plant was 'tainted' (no such objection was raised against the one being built by China) and many highly respected poasters were grumbling about it.

In other news, one BNP supporter was killed by police yesterday and multiple wounded when they were demonstrating against power outage.

A decade ago, BD decided to rely on gas based plants because the power situation was acute and gas based plants can be built quicker and cheaper. But unlike coal, gas prices are now through the roof. Amazing how one decision can come back to wreck an entire decade of solid econ growth.

Dhaka needs to find rubles pronto. Not sure what they are waiting for.

You have some highly inaccurate information and trying to peddle the same.

Rampal is a piece-of-$hit plant that is still being built when the Chinese finished theirs two years ago and connected it to the grid. They were both started at the same time. I don't know how they are "inaugurating it". Bizarre.

Indians did not give a flying rat's behind about saving Tigers.

In Bangladesh we call this "request from India to implement their power project" akin to "swallowing a large rice masher device". "Onurodhey dheki gela". We know it will be more expensive than the Chinese one and way less reliable, but for diplomacy's sake, Hasina has to accept.

Unlike some countries, Bangladesh will not really face problems finding Dollars, Yen, Rubles, Indian Rupees or Chinese Yuan. Our debt to GDP per capita is way better than India.

Our powerplant fuel mix is fine. Worry about your country.

Without knowing all the details, it is typical desi attitude to become the self-appointed expert when no one asked for your expertise.

 

[UKBengali]

Isn't this the one at Rampal? The one which the env crowd were opposing tooth and nail because it will make the local tigers impotent, or something?

Then there was the India factor. The plant was 'tainted' (no such objection was raised against the one being built by China) and many highly respected poasters were grumbling about it.

In other news, one BNP supporter was killed by police yesterday and multiple wounded when they were demonstrating against power outage.

A decade ago, BD decided to rely on gas based plants because the power situation was acute and gas based plants can be built quicker and cheaper. But unlike coal, gas prices are now through the roof. Amazing how one decision can come back to wreck an entire decade of solid econ growth.

Dhaka needs to find rubles pronto. Not sure what they are waiting for.

BD will be fine as it has and will build another coal based plant.
Roopur nuclear will start supplying electricity in 2023.

 

[StraightEdge]

Just send us more ilish. Hardly get anything good here in Bangalore even after paying premium for small sizes.

 

[Realtalk108]

Rampal is a piece-of-$hit plant that is still being built when the Chinese finished theirs two years ago and connected it to the grid. They were both started at the same time. I don't know how they are "inaugurating it". Bizarre.

Tch tch. So much seethe. You see, the Chinese one didn't face hurdle at every step like the Indian one did. Or else it too would have been completed by now.

 

[bluesky]

Just send us more ilish. Hardly get anything good here in Bangalore even after paying premium for small sizes.

I thought Bangalore is on the east side of India on the BoB coast. i find it different after searching the map.

Our fishermen have just started catching Hilsha, still small in size that will grow more than 1.5 kg in a few weeks.

So, ask Mamata Didi to send a request letter for a few thousnds tons and wait.

 

[bluesky]

BD power production capacity is about 25,000 MW, but it produces less than 12,000 MW. It is probably lesser now because BD is unable to import liquefied natural gas (LNG).

I wonder if the efficiency of our own stations has been kept at 40% to 50%, then how the govt will repay the dollars it has borrowed to build all these fancy power plants?

When power stations supply power to the industries and houses, the users pay the bills and the Power Department (?) buys dollars to pay back the loan money. Am I wrong here? Please comment.

When the govt is unable to even pay back this huge loan money, it is importing Maitree Power from India. Is this Maitree Power free of cost?

@Bilal9 knows better than me if it is India.

 

[Realtalk108]

BD power production capacity is about 25,000 MW, but it produces less than 12,000 MW. It is probably lesser now because BD is unable to import liquefied natural gas (LNG).

I wonder if the efficiency of our own stations has been kept at 40% to 50%, then how the govt will repay the dollars it has borrowed to build all these fancy power plants?

When power stations supply power to the industries and houses, the users pay the bills and the Power Department (?) buys dollars to pay back the loan money. Am I wrong here? Please comment.

When the govt is unable to even pay back this huge loan money, it is importing Maitree Power from India. Is this Maitree Power free of cost?

@Bilal9 knows better than me if it is India.

Foreign debt is paid back by export earnings, not from domestic revenue. If exports fall, even if domestic revenue remains constant, you can't pay back dollars using taka.

BD has plenty of export (+ remittance) to pay back the money. The problem is that LNG prices have shot up to absurd levels now. BD can buy LNG from Russia, but that would adversely affect relations with EU + US - BD's chief export destination.

It's a Catch-22 situation. I am sure, right now Dhaka is re-evaluating its decision to rely mainly on gas based thermal power.