NRL exports high speed diesel to Bangladesh

GUWAHATI: Assam based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has dispatched high speed diesel (HSD) to Bangladesh. A Railway rake containing 2281 metric tones (MT) of HSD was dispatched from NRL’s Marketing Terminal in Siliguri to Parbitipur Depot of Bangladesh Petroleum on Thursday.

According to NRL, the consignment containing 42 wagons will travel over 516 kms (253 km in India and 263 km in Bangladesh) on the existing railway line via Rangapani, Singabad, Rohanpur to reach Parbatipur, Bangladesh.

Earlier NRL and Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) have signed a Sale-Purchase Agreement which includes joint initiative for construction of a 131 km long pipeline, with a capacity of 1 million Metric Ton per annum(MMTPA), from Siliguri to Parbatipur.