Prime Ministers of India and Bangladesh will jointly inaugurate the maiden cross-border oil pipeline between the two countries.
About the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline –
IBFPL will carry diesel from Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Ltd’s (NRL) marketing terminal at Siliguri in West Bengal to the Parbatipur depot of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).
IBFPL is 5 Kilometers long, out of which 126.5 kilometer pipeline is in Bangladesh and 5 kilometers in India.
The pipeline has a capacity of one million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA).
The total project cost for the construction of the IBFPL is Rs 377.08 crore.
The project is built under grant assistance from the government of India.
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