Dhaka may allow transmission of gas to India from Myanmar

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, The Financial Express reported Thursday.

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 toIndia'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 million US dollars for transportation of Myanmar's gas to India.

Source: Xinhua