Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFP) is the first cross border energy pipeline between India and its neighbours.
2. It is laid from Siliguri in North Bengal to Parbatipur in Banglaesh’s Dinajpur province.
3. It is built with the BIMSTEC assistance fund.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Only 2
Notes:

• The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFP) is the first cross border energy pipeline between India and Bangladesh.
• IBFP is laid from Siliguri in North Bengal to Parbatipur in Banglaesh’s Dinajpur province.
• Construction of the 131.5-kilometre-long pipeline began in 2018.
• The pipeline was built with Rs 377 crore drawn from a line of credit offered by India to Bangladesh.
• This is the 2^ndcross-border energy pipeline between India and its neighbours where the first one being Motihari-Amalekhgunj Petroleum Pipeline between India and Nepal.
• The energy pipeline will carry one million tonnes of high-speed diesel (HSD) from Numaligarh refinery in Assam to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation’s Parbatipur depot.
• The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) is the recognised government to government (G2G) exporter of refined products to Bangladesh.

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