Bangladesh has reduced electricity import from three sources in India. Bangladesh has the capacity to import 2,656 megawatts of electricity daily from there. According to the information of the Power Grid Company, a maximum of 995 megawatts of electricity has been imported till 5 am on Tuesday (December 3). At other times of the day this electricity import is even less.
First, the incitement in the Indian media about Bangladesh and then the attack on the Bangladesh mission in that country has caused a storm of condemnation in Bangladesh. Indian High Commissioner appointed by the Interim Government in Dhaka, Prannoy Verma, has been summoned and given a protest letter. In the meantime, the information of halving the electricity import from India came forward.
Due to the recent Bangladesh issue, doctors in West Bengal decided not to provide services to Bangladeshis. At the same time, the hotels and motels in Tripura's Agartala have stopped serving Bangladeshis. On the other hand, the Indian media is spreading misinformation on the issue of Bangladesh every day. Although the media of Bangladesh is showing responsibility without spreading hatred about India.
Incidentally, electricity is imported to Bangladesh from three sources in India. Out of this, 1000 MW can be imported daily through Bheramara HVDC substation. 900 MW of electricity has been imported through this substation on November 30 as well. Electricity is available at a relatively low cost—thus the substation imports electricity at the same rate throughout the year. 900 to 960 MW electricity is imported daily through this substation. But last December 1 at 1 am, the power supply through this substation was brought down to 482 MW. It was not extended after that. On Tuesday (December 3) at 3 pm, it was seen that 419 MW of electricity was coming through this substation.
It is possible to import 160 MW of electricity to Bangladesh every day from Tripura in India via Comilla. However, HVDC or back to back substations have not been constructed in Comilla to reduce the cost of electricity supply. A zone in Comilla has a power demand of 160 MW—that is where Tripura's electricity is supplied. The daily needs there are informed to Tripura in advance. Accordingly they supply electricity. However, in case Tripura cannot be supplied, power is supplied from substations in Bangladesh. As a result, there is a normal occurrence of decrease or increase in power supply here. Tripura was given a demand of 62 MW on Tuesday (December 3) at 3 pm. Against this, 48 ​​MW electricity has been supplied.
Adani Shilpa Group has built a power plant at Godda in Jharkhand, India to supply Bangladesh. From this it is possible to supply 1496 MW electricity to Bangladesh every day.
A few days ago, Adani had predicted to PGCB of Bangladesh that 1348 MW of electricity would be supplied from that plant. But at 5 am on Tuesday (December 3), Adani supplied only 506 MW of electricity. Adani's center was closed for 8 hours after that. The plant came back into production at 2 pm today and supplied 60 MW till 3 pm. After 3 o'clock it increased to 186 MW. However, Adani has kept supply between 750 MW and 800 MW for a few days now. Although the Indian and some international media have reviewed Adani's power supply in various ways, neither PDB nor Adani has spoken publicly. It is known from various sources that it is being hidden. When asked about this, PDB Member (Production) Khandkar Mokammel Hossain told Bangla Tribune, 'The matter was not done intentionally. Due to circumstances. During winter our demand decreases. Then we cannot take all the electricity coming from different sources. As part of this, Adani has also shut down a unit. We are taking power from one of their units.'
Mokammel Hossain said, 'We are running less oil-based centers due to reduced demand. Gas based plants are being run more.' He said that due to gas shortage, some oil stations are being operated.
However, those concerned say that the price of electricity in India is half that of oil-fired plants. In India, the price of 1000 megawatts fell by five to six rupees. And the price of oil fell from 16 to 18 taka.
