Bangladesh seeks increased electricity supply from Tripura amid power shortage

Bangladesh wanted at least 250 MW of electricity from Tripura. Presently Tripura is supplying 50 to 80 MW electricity to Bangladesh.

An official in Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) said that the Bangladesh government has been requesting to supply at least 250 MW of electricity to their country as they have a huge shortage of power to meet the growing demand of consumers.

“We are supplying 50 to 80 MW of electricity to Bangladesh every day. Discussions are going on. But to increase the supply of electricity, Central government’s permission and clearances are vital, requiring signing of an agreement and to fulfil other formalities. The Bangladesh government almost regularly makes their payments to TSECL for the supply of electricity,” the official added.


Tripura had started supplying 100 MW of power to Bangladesh from the state-owned ONGC Tripura Power Company (OTPC) power plant in March 2016. Earlier TSECL had supplied 40 MW of electricity to Nepal.

This power is supplied from the 726 MW generation capacity OTPC gas-based power plant in southern Tripura's Palatana, 65 km south of Agartala.

The OTPC, a joint venture company of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd, IDFC Bank and the Tripura government, set up the 726-MW project at Palatana in June 2013.

According to officials, the OTPC's combined cycle power plant, which is the largest gas-based power plant in the northeast, is meeting around 35 per cent of the power requirement of seven northeastern states, excluding Sikkim.