Dhaka drops plan to join TAPI gas pipeline project

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Dhaka, Bangladesh—Bangladesh has decided to drop its plans to be part of the Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project after a feasibility study carried out by state-run Gas Transmission Co. Ltd. found the idea commercially unviable. “We have seen that Bangladesh’s inclusion in the TAPI project will not be economically viable due to the long distance from the source country,” GTCL Managing Director Mohammad Aminur Rahman said January 29.