❐ Staff Reporter
Another 5,000 tons of diesel (about 5.95 million liters) are coming to Bangladesh through a pipeline from the Numaligarh refinery in Assam, India, established during the Sheikh Hasina government.
1 metric ton = 1,180 – 1,190 liters (approximately)
The fuel is scheduled to reach the Parbatipur Railhead Depot in Dinajpur on Friday, March 27th.
Amid the anti-India sentiments of BNP and Jamaat, neighboring country India has historically been by Bangladesh’s side and has been providing assistance. India has also opened its doors to this assistance during the energy crisis.
This is the second round of diesel imports through pipeline amid the global energy crisis. Earlier, 5,000 tons of diesel reached the country through the same method on March 13.
Depot sources said that diesel pumping through the pipeline has started since Wednesday afternoon. It will reach the storage facility of Parbatipur depot after about 60 hours.
Parbatipur Depot Manager Ahsan Habib confirmed the matter and said that diesel supply from Numaligarh Refinery has already started.
Although the depot currently has a capacity of 5.7 million liters, it has a stock of about 2.215 million liters of diesel. In addition, due to limited stocks of petrol, octane and kerosene, sources say that it is possible to maintain a maximum supply of seven days with the existing stock.
The Sheikh Hasina government signed a 15-year agreement with India on October 22, 2017, to keep irrigation activities running and vehicle movement uninterrupted in eight agriculture-dependent districts of the northern part of the country. Under that agreement, diesel is being imported through a pipeline.
According to the agreement, Bangladesh will be able to import a total of 180,000 tons of diesel by 2026. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is carrying out import activities for this purpose.
The cost of this project was approximately Tk 1,462 crore, part of which was financed by BPC’s own funds and the rest was paid through bank loans.
Meanwhile, BPC has sent a proposal to the Energy Ministry to import an additional 50,000 tons of diesel through the pipeline within the next four months.
It is worth noting that 35,718 tons of diesel were supplied from India through the pipeline in 2023, 28,204 tons in 2024, and 124,216 tons in 2025.
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