Tripura will start supplying power to Bangladesh from December 16, the day when that country observes Bijoy Dibosh or Victory Day when Bangladesh was created out of East Pakistan after the end of the India-Pakistan War of 1971. Tripura had promised to export 100 MW power to Bangladesh from its share of 196 MW power from the Palatana power plant in reciprocation of Bangladesh allowing Tripura to use its ports to transport the heavy equipment for the 726MW Palatana project.

Earlier, it was impossible to bring them over the Assam-Agartala road due to several weak bridges. Work for the 18-kilometer-long transmission line from Surajmani Nagar (in Tripura) to South Comilla (in Bangladesh) is being done by the PGCIL (Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd) at a cost of Rs.250 crores and is almost complete. Workers are doing double shifts to ensure timely completion of the project, a PGCIL official said.

On the Bangladesh side, another 47-km-long transmission line is being constructed by Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited (PGCBDL). However, to finalise the rate of the power to be sold to Bangladesh, a two-day India-Bangladesh meeting will be held on November 26 in Delhi.

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