India supplies electricity, gets Internet bandwidth from B’desh
Dhaka/Agartala: Signalling burgeoning Indo- Bangla ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated 100 MW power supply from Tripura to Bangladesh while Premier Sheikh Hasina launched the export of 10 GBPS Internet connectivity to India simultaneously.
India started supplying 100 MW power from Tripura’s Palatana to Comilla while Bangladesh launched supply of 10 GBPS bandwidth from Cox’s Bazar to Agartala.
“In this age of interdependence, the two countries would further strengthen its ties and it is a significant day that both are promoting the ways of development,” Modi said during the programme organised via video-conferencing. Hasina said that “the relation between the countries has further consolidated through the supply of power and Internet bandwidth.”
“Bangladesh would observe its National Day on March 26 and I pay my respect to the memory of the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh. The era of good relations began during the time of ‘Bangabandhu’ between the two countries which still continues,” Modi said.
He was referring to ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh and the father of Prime Minister Hasina. The eight north-eastern states would be immensely benefited with the opening of the third international Internet gateway, Modi said, adding that Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan have made considerable development in road links.
“Now India and Bangladesh is connected through water, surface communication and air. We want to be connected with Bangladesh though space also,” Modi said. He said the festival of Holi has started in India and Bangladesh both would be coloured with new colours. Modi also congratulated India and Bangladesh cricket teams for their World Twenty20 tie in Bengaluru.
Hasina described “interconnectivity” as the “next frontier” of bilateral cooperation with India. (PTI)