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Bangladesh signs deal with Reliance Power to buy electricity for 22 years

Reliance plans to invest about $1 billion to set up a local plant by 2022 to provide the electricity.

The new plan has been put in place after the company's disclosure last week which said its liabilities, advances and net worth are understated
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The new plan has been put in place after the company’s disclosure last week which said its liabilities, advances and net worth are understated

Serajul Quadir | Reuters Dhaka
Bangladesh has signed an agreement to buy 718 megawatts of electricity from India's Reliance Power over the next 22 years, the company said on Sunday.

Reliance plans to invest about $1 billion to set up a local plant by 2022 to provide the electricity. The plant will be built at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj, over 20 km southeast of the capital Dhaka, according to a project report seen by Reuters at an event held to close the deal.

The combined-cycle power plant will be fueled by gas and regasification liquefied natural gas and be fully owned by Reliance.

Bangladesh agreed a