New Delhi: Three development projects implemented in Bangladesh with Indian assistance to boost connectivity and energy security in the region will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday.
Bangladesh has a central place in India’s “Neighbourhood First” policy and has benefited from numerous development projects implemented with Indian aid, including grants, in recent years. Many of these projects, including the revival of cross-border rail links that had been closed since the 1965 war with Pakistan, are aimed at bolstering connectivity between Bangladesh and India’s strategic northeastern region.
The three projects to be inaugurated during a virtual ceremony on November 1 are the Akhaura-Agartala cross-border rail link, the Khulna-Mongla port rail line, and unit II of the Maitree super thermal power plant, an official statement said.
