Palatana (Tripura), Nov. 3 : Union Minister of State for Power and Commerce Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that he would take up with the Bangladesh government the grant of transit permission for consignments for the 726.6 MW gas-based power project, from Haldia port in Kolkata to the project site here via Ashuganj in Bangladesh and Akhura Land Custom Station on the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura.

Ramesh, however, told The Hindu at the project site that he was not hopeful of Bangladesh giving consent. He said Dhaka said ‘no’ to an earlier proposal.

New Delhi, Sept 22 : Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh and a 60 member delegation will participate in the Third Indo-Nepal Power Summit 2008 from September 23 in Kathmandu.

The two-day summit will explore possibilities of hydropower project cooperation between Nepal and India.

Nepal’s Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam will inaugurate the summit. About 300 delegates from Nepal and India will attend it.

Leading power developers from India, including GMR, L and T, Sutlaj JVN, Jindal and IL and FS are taking part in the summit.

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