PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina to open oil pipeline to Bangladesh today

New Delhi, March 17 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on Saturday via videoconferencing. This is the first cross-border energy pipeline between India and Bangladesh built at an estimated cost...

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Updated At : 11:43 AM Mar 18, 2023 IST

New Delhi, March 17

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on Saturday via videoconferencing.

This is the first cross-border energy pipeline between India and Bangladesh built at an estimated cost of Rs 377 crore. It is also the second trans-national pipeline in the Indian subcontinent after the Nepal-India pipeline.