<span style="color: black;">Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said that energy connectivity is one of the most dynamic sectors of cooperation in India's relationship with Bangladesh. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">He said that India-Bangladesh cooperation in hydrocarbons' sector is diversifying into the entire value chain of the oil and gas sector. The bilateral hydrocarbon trade was USD 337.3 million in 2019-20 further registering an impressive USD 322.32 million in the period April-November 2020.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Speaking about new initiatives in the cooperation between India and Bangladesh in the electricity sector, Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that discussion is ongoing regarding the construction of a 765 KV power interconnection through Katihar in India via Parbatipur in Bangladesh to Bornagar in India. When constructed, it will reinforce interconnection of grids in the region. He said that a proposal for supplying R-LNG through a cross-border pipeline and establishment of a LNG terminal are also being explored.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Inaugurating the South Aia Group on Energy (SAGE) at the Research and Information System (RIS) in Delhi on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Shringla said that India is working assiduously to promote the sub-region comprising Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and India as an energy hub. India is taking the lead to promote regional approach to energy needs in both conventional and non-conventional sources. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">Describing the ongoing cooperation between India and Bangladesh in the energy sector, Foreign Secretary cited projects like  India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline from Siliguri to Parbatipur in Bangladesh for supply of high speed diesel, inauguration of the project to import Bulk LPG from Bangladesh in October 2019 among others as examples.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: black;">He said India is assisting Bangladesh through concessional credit in construction of transmission line and power evacuation facility from the Rooppur Nuclear power plant. He said India is constructing the 1320 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal in Bangladesh, with Unit 1 to be commissioned in November 2021 and Unit 2 in March 2022. </span><br />''