Bangladesh may allow transmission of gas to India from Myanmar

Apr 29, 2004 02:00 AM

The project for laying pipeline for transmission of gas to India from Myanmar through Bangladesh is likely to receive government's nod.
The ministry of energy and mineral resources is going to send the proposal to the highest office of the government as early as possible for approval. If the proposal is approved, a gas transmission line will connect Bangladesh with Myanmar and India.

The natural gas to be lifted from the reserves in Akyab area in Myanmar will pass through a section of the gas transmission network in Bangladesh to India’s West Bengal state.
An Indo-Korean consortium discovered vast gas reserves in the offshore Myanmar. A component of the consortium announced it's plans of investing more than $ 800 mm for transportation of Myanmar's gas to India.

Source: People's Daily Online