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The Chief Minister said that no decision has been taken yet on this. He said many pieces of machinery at the power generation plant in Tripura were brought through Bangladeshi territory or Chittagong port. Therefore, in gratitude, the Tripura government started supplying electricity to the country after an agreement. But I don’t know how long we will be able to continue supplying electricity to Bangladesh if they do not pay the dues.
Chief Minister Manik Saha said Bangladesh owes Tripura Rs 200 crore in power dues, but no decision has been taken yet on stopping power supply to the neighboring country. As per an agreement signed by Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited through NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited with Bangladesh Power Development Board, Tripura supplies 60-70 MW of power to the neighboring country. Saha said that Bangladesh has not paid us about ₹200 crore for power supply. The outstanding (amount) is increasing every day. We hope that they will clear their dues so that power supply is not disrupted.
Asked whether the Tripura government would stop power supply if Dhaka failed to pay the dues, the chief minister said no decision had been taken yet. He said many pieces of machinery at the power generation plant in Tripura were brought through Bangladeshi territory or Chittagong port. Therefore, in gratitude, the Tripura government started supplying electricity to the country after an agreement. But I don’t know how long we will be able to continue supplying electricity to Bangladesh if they do not pay the dues.
Tripura started supplying electricity to Bangladesh in March 2016. The power is produced at the state-owned ONGC Tripura Power Company’s (OTPC) gas-based 726 MW generating capacity power plant at Palatana in southern Tripura.
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