Kathmandu, 19 February: An agreement has been reached between Nepal and India to increase the power import and export capacity from existing 600 to 800 MW through the first international Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV transmission line. This was agreed at the meeting of the Energy Secretary-level Joint Steering Committee held in Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India on Saturday.
Various other important agreements on international power trade including expanding the power of existing, under-construction and proposed transmission lines were reached during the meeting, according to Madhu Prasad Bhetwal, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. He shared that an agreement was reached to increase the capacity of import-export electricity through Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur 400 KV transmission line by 200 MW.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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