The estimated cost of the project is USD 1.68 billion.
July 13, 2016
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) was awarded the contract after being identified as “technically qualified and financially competitive” among the six bidders who participated in the international tender for the project floated by BIFPCL in Feb 2015. The estimated cost of the project is USD 1.68 billion.
Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd (BIFPCL)’s Managing Director Ujjal Kanti Bhattacharya and representative of BHEL Prem Paul Jadhav signed the agreement on Tuesday at a Dhaka hotel.
Prime Minister’s Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, Indian Power Secretary Pradeep Pujari and Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla witnessed the signing.
The Main Plant EPC contract (Turnkey) package for the 2x 660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant at Rampal in Bagherhat was signed on July 12 in Dhaka.
India is already transmitting power to Bangladesh on the Behrampore-Bheramara line. The second grid interconnection from Agartala, India, to Comilla in Bangladesh was recently inaugurated jointly by the two Prime Ministers. Several proposals in the power sector are under consideration of both sides.
The joint venture company BIFPCL was incorporated in Dhaka in 2012 pursuant to the signing of a MoU on operations in the power sector between India and Bangladesh on Jan 11, 2010.
