Nepal, India agree on modality for cross-country transmission line

Kathmandu, February 12 — Nepal and India have agreed on modalities for constructing cross-border transmission lines.

The secretarial level meeting between relevant ministries of Nepal and India held in New Delhi, India on Tuesday, February 11, agreed on the modalities for the same.

The transmission line is vital for exporting 15,000 megawatts of electricity from Nepal to India and Bangladesh by 2035.

Nepal's Energy Secretary Suresh Acharya and India's Electricity Secretary Pankaj Agrwal signed in the MoU. With this, the construction process for cross-border transmission line will now move forward.

Earlier on November, 2024, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka had discussed with Indian ministries regarding the same with the reference to power trade agreement between Nepal and India to export 10,000 megawatt electricity from Nepal to India within next 10 years.

The 12th meeting of Joint Steering Committee (secretarial level) had subsequently convened on January 22 this year to take forward the construction process.

In the meeting, both parties had agreed to facilitate power trade between Nepal and India and expedite construction of cross-country transmission line.