ONGC Tripura to start exporting power from Palatana to Myanmar.

ONGC Tripura Power Company recently said it will start export of power from Palatana project to Myanmar from next month in order to light up the Tamu town, from where insurgent groups operating in the North-East are hiding.

'This is going to be a very important power export and Indian government readily agreed for this. India wants to light up that area, where terrorists operating in North-East are present,' ONGC Tripura Power Company Managing Director Satyajit Ganguly told on the sidelines of the PHDCCI infrastructure conclave.

The company will export power to Tamu town in Myanmar via Manipur from the the 726 MW Palatana project in Tripura, he added.

'The Tamu town, which is just 3 kms from Moreh, currently does not have any grid connection and people there use diesel generator sets for power.

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