India and its Neighbours:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina virtually inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline.
About the Project:
- It will bring diesel from Assam’s Numaligarh refinery’s marketing depot in Siliguri to Parbatipur in northern Bangladesh.
- Out of the total length of the pipeline, Bangladesh has 126.57 km and India has five kilometres.
- Many countries in the world are suffering from energy insecurity because of the Russia-Ukraine war, but this pipeline will help our people, said PM Sheikh Hasina.
