Overview
- The consignment is moving through the India–Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline from Numaligarh in Assam to the Parbatipur depot in Dinajpur.
- Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation officials reported pumping at roughly 113 tonnes per hour, a transfer expected to take about 44–45 hours.
- The delivery is part of an agreement for up to 180,000 tonnes of diesel annually, with at least 90,000 tonnes slated within six months.
- Bangladesh has requested about 50,000 tonnes more for March to June, which New Delhi is assessing, while India’s MEA noted similar fuel requests from Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
- With supply pressure tied to the West Asia conflict and risks to the Strait of Hormuz, Bangladesh has set sales limits, deployed mobile courts to curb hoarding, and temporarily closed universities to conserve energy.