New Delhi, July 31: Reliance Power and Japanese energy major JERA have inked a pact with a group of banks for full financing, totalling USD 642 million (approx Rs 4,798 crore), for their new gas-fired thermal power generation project in Bangladesh.

Reliance Power and JERA, through their project company, are developing a new 745 MW natural gas combined-cycle power project in Meghnaghat in Bangladesh. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd Topples ExxonMobil Corporation to Become World's Number 2 Energy Company.

"The project company has now signed a loan agreement for full financing totaling USD 642 million with a group of banks that includes the Japan Bank for International Cooperation," Reliance Power said in a regulatory filing.

"The electricity generated will be sold under a long-term power purchase agreement with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for a period of 22 years from the start of commercial operation," Reliance Power said.

Anil Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Power said this financing tie-up represents one of the largest funding tie-ups for a project in Bangladesh's power sector. Reliance Power said, with this loan agreement, all major contracts required for the development of the project have been completed. Mukesh Ambani is Now 5th Richest Person in the World, Moves Ahead of Warren Buffet as Wealth Increases to $75.1 Billion.

"Going forward, Reliance Power and JERA will focus on full-scale construction and work steadily towards achieving commercial operation in 2022," the company added.

Shares of Reliance Power were trading 1.18 per cent lower at Rs 3.34 apiece on BSE.

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