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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly launched the construction of India-Bangladesh Friendship Product Pipeline Project through video conferencing. The project will go a long way in strengthening the Indo-Bangla ties.

India-Bangladesh Friendship Product Pipeline Project:    The 130-kilometre pipeline will connect Siliguri in West Bengal in India and Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh.  The capacity of the pipeline will be 1 million metric tons per annum.  The estimated project cost will be Rs 346 crore and it will be completed in 30 months time.  This will be the first such pipeline through which refined diesel will be supplied to Parbatipur depot from Numaligarh of Assam in India.

Source- DD News