Kathmandu, 2 April: Nepal wants to sign a long-term intergovernmental agreement with India on selling Nepal’s excess power to the southern neighbour during the upcoming India visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Nepali officials said that Prime Minister Dahal could visit India after the second week of April. However, the two sides have yet to announce the dates.
Officials at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation said they are in intense discussion on including the signing of a long-term ‘Intergovernmental Agreement for Power Transfer from Nepal to India’ on the agenda of Prime Minister Dahal’s visit to the neighbouring country, reports Prithvi Man Shrestha in Kathmandu Post daily.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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