Kathmandu, Mar 19 (PTI) A school building built with the Indian financial assistance of Nepalese Rs 30 million was inaugurated on Wednesday. The grant under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’ was utilised for the construction of the building and other facilities at Janakalyan Secondary School in Makwanpur district, the Indian Embassy here said. PlayUnmuteFullscreen Lalit Bahadur Ghalan,...
The Nepal Electricity Authority has stated that even though electricity can be imported from India for only 12 hours a day, there will be no load shedding at people’s homes. To meet the domestic demand, electricity from India can be brought only for 12 hours from Sunday, ie from 6 am to 6 pm every...
KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, paid a courtesy call on Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka on Friday. The meeting held in Singha Durbar dwelt on issues relating to Nepal-India energy cooperation. Minister Khadka extended thanks to the Indian government for assisting Nepal in realizing hydropower projects, power...
Nepal and India have agreed to resume and expedite discussions through various mechanisms related to multipurpose projects, flood management, and irrigation, among others. After reaching an understanding to build five cross border transmission lines on Wednesday, both sides are now gearing up to address some key issues related to water resources, irrigation and flood management....
KATHMANDU, Feb 13: Nepal and India have agreed to finalize the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project at the earliest. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Nepal’s Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka, and his Indian counterpart C.R. Patil. According to Khadka’s private secretariat, India has expressed...
A meeting of energy secretaries of Nepal and India has agreed the investment modality for two 400 kv cross-border transmission lines and decided to conduct the feasibility study for more such lines aimed at facilitating power trade between the two countries. Suresh Acharya, secretary at the Ministry of Energy and his Indian counterpart, Pankaj Agarawal,...
Nepal and India plan to build at least five cross-border transmission lines in order to evacuate at least 16,000 megawatts of power by 2035. To lay the ground for the same, the energy secretaries of Nepal and India are meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. Suresh Acharya, secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources...
Nepal and India have agreed to develop a high-quality transmission line for cross border power trade. This agreement would be a crucial deal as the Government of Nepal has set an ambitious goal to generate 28,500 megawatts of electricity by 2035. Spokesperson and Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Sandip...
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 16 (ANI): Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli informed the lower house of the federal parliament on Sunday that Bijalpura-Bardibas railways construction under Indian assistance will start soon. In answer to the questions raised by lawmakers, Oli stated that the new railway construction trench measuring about 17 kilometres would be initiated soon....
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava has called on Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal at the ministry on Thursday. During the meeting, the Indian Ambassador expressed his concerns to the Nepal-India railway, while sharing the Indian government’s readiness to provide training to human resources for the operation and management of the rail...