NEW DELHI, 10 March 2022, (TON): India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said “Bangladesh and India are exploring a cross-border pipeline for liquified natural gas (LNG) and an LNG terminal.”

Pointing out that an India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline is under construction, he said “India's energy grids are increasingly being integrated with those of its neighbours.”

Addressing an event to inaugurate the first session of a training module on India's "Neighbourhood First" policy for India's future administrative services officers in Mussoorie, Shringla said cross-border cooperation in the power sector has been an area of striking success.

He said “the Indian power grid is connected to Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh via high-capacity connections. India supplies about 1160 MW of power to Bangladesh, about 700 MW to Nepal, and imports 1.8 GW from Bhutan.”

Shringla added “India has also taken the lead in creating power capacity in the region and has created 2,100 MW of hydropower capacity in Bhutan and more are being created. Besides, India is constructing the 1,320 MW Maitree super thermal power project in Bangladesh.”