The power supply from
Tripura's Palatana project to Bangladesh will be inaugurated by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on March 23. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on the same
day, would provide 10 GB Internet bandwidth to India, Tripura Power and Communication
Minister said.
Dey also said that as
the entire programme would be held through video-conferencing, there would not
be any formal function in the State to mark the occasion.
Tripura will be third
State, after the formal opening of international gateway of internet, to have
such gateway after Mumbai and Chennai. This will help the entire north eastern
States, Dey said.
The foundation of the
project was laid by Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Agartala on July
13, 2015. The project aims to strengthen telecom services in the north eastern
states.
An international
gateway for broadband connectivity will be established at Agartala, under the
project, in which connectivity will be provided through Bangladesh under an
agreement between BSNL and Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company limited.
The cost of the project
is Rs 19.1 crore and annual operational expenditure is around Rs 7.2 crore. The
bandwidth of 10 GB can be extended up to 40 GB.
Meanwhile, in a meeting
between Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey and Bangladesh Minister of State for
Power Nasirul Hamid on January 9 in Dhaka, the price of one unit of power was
fixed at Rs 5.5.
The ONGC Tripura Power
Corporation (OTPC) runs the 726 MW gas based thermal power project at Palatana
in Gomati district, Tripura.
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