Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee on Monday jointly inaugurated the HVDC (2nd Block) Station at Bheramara in Kushtia through video conferrence.
The power station has been set up for the import of additional 500MW of power from India by Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh and Indian Prime Ministers also jointly inaugurated the rehabilitation of Kulaura- Shahbazpur section of Bangladesh Railway.
Besides, the Bangladesh and Indian PMs and Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Dey jointly inaugurated the construction work on Akhaura-Agartala dual gauge railway link (Bangladesh portion).
