Indian conglomerate Adani has slashed cross-border electricity supply to Bangladesh by half due to some $850 million in unpaid bills, power officials said Sunday, with Dhaka scrambling to boost production to stem blackouts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are trying to meet the gap by running other plants,\u201d Rezaul Karim, chairman of the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), told AFP on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Adani\u2019s coal-fired Godda plant in India\u2019s Jharkhand state \u2014 a $2 billion project including transmission lines that opened last year \u2014 usually supplies between seven to 10 percent of Bangladesh\u2019s baseload power demand of 13 GW.<\/p>\n
But Adani had warned Dhaka in September to settle its bills, which had surged to around $850 million.<\/p>\n
At the time, Adani called it an \u201cunsustainable situation, where we are meeting not only our supply commitments but also those to our lenders and suppliers, despite rising receivables\u201d.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate comment from Adani on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh, a nation of some 170 million people, is struggling to find dollars to make the payments.<\/p>\n
Its new leaders are focused on the political fallout of a student-led revolution in August that toppled autocratic ex-leader and close Indian ally Sheikh Hasina.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are discussing the issue with them (Adani), and informed them that it is not possible to make the total payment in a single month,\u201d Karim added. \u201cBut we are trying to increase the payment size gradually\u201d.<\/p>\n
Karim said Bangladesh paid $97 million to Adani in October, which was \u201chigher than the previous three months\u2019s payment\u201d.<\/p>\n
Demand is usually lower in November, when Bangladesh enters a relatively cooler period after months of blistering heat when consumers rely on energy-hungry air conditioners to keep cool.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Adani\u2019s Godda plant supplied 724 megawatts, against the installed capacity of 1,496 MW, with Bangladesh facing around 1,680 MW of load shedding.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh also imports 1,160 MW from Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura.<\/p>\n
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