She said that they are currently building 100 economic zones across the country and offered land in economic zones to India, “I want Indian investors to invest in economic zones.”
The Prime Minister thanked the Government of India and its people for extending unconditional support to Bangladesh during the Liberation War in 1971, as well as providing shelter to one crore refugees from Bangladesh, training and providing freedom fighters with firearms.
“We achieved the final victory (against the Pakistani occupation forces) on December 16 because of the operation of the Bangladesh-India joint forces,” he said.
Recalling her political asylum in India along with most of her family members along with her sister Sheikh Rehana following the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975, she said, “I am personally indebted to the Government of India and its people. Am. Both of us sisters and our relatives, who survived, took refuge in India.
The energy pipeline between India and Bangladesh was built at an estimated cost of INR 3.77 billion.
The Bangladeshi portion of the pipeline, built at a cost of 2.85 billion (approx.), is financed by the Government of India under its grant assistance.
The pipeline has the capacity to transport 1 million tonnes per annum (MMTPA) of high-speed diesel (HSD). It will initially supply high speed diesel to seven districts in northern Bangladesh.
According to official sources, a long-term agreement was signed in 2017 to import diesel from India to Bangladesh through the pipeline, which stretches from Siliguri in West Bengal to Meghna Petroleum Depot at Parbatipur in Dinajpur.
The operationalization of the “India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline” will establish HSD in a sustainable, reliable, cost-effective and environment-friendly mode of transportation from India to Bangladesh.
This will further enhance cooperation in energy security between the two friendly neighbours.
