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...
Nearly 10 years after it was severely damaged in a massive earthquake, Nepal’s iconic Basantapur Tower is once again welcoming visitors from all over the world as it stands tall in all its majesty, thanks to joint efforts by Chinese and Nepalese conservationists in restoring the World Heritage Site to its former glory. Sun Rongfen,...
A major project gets finally gets the go-ahead to expand and modernise Mongla seaport with enhanced container-handling capacity under a plan to upgrade it to a regional shipping hub. The Mongla Port Authority, under the Ministry of Shipping, will implement the project by December 2028 at a total cost of over 4.07 billion that includes...
India and Nepal on Sunday held the 5th meeting of the Joint Project Monitoring Committee on post-earthquake reconstruction projects in Kathmandu. The meeting comprehensively reviewed the progress of India-assisted post-earthquake reconstruction projects in Nepal’s housing, education, health and cultural heritage sectors. It acknowledged the successful completion of the projects agreed under the housing sector in...
The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation (MoEWRI), Government of Nepal, and GIZ Nepal, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU), have signed the second amendment to the implementation agreement for the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme – Green Recovery and Empowerment...
A Chinese company will build the physical infrastructure for Nepal Telecom’s data centers in Bhairahawa, Rupandehi district, and Kathmandu. The tender and contract have been finalized, and the official paperwork will be completed in a week, after which construction will begin. These centers will enhance Nepal’s telecommunications services, including phone calls and internet, strengthen measures...
Nepal and India have agreed to extend the capacity of the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur Transmission Line which is being used as the main infrastructure for the cross-border bilateral energy trade. The southern neighbor has consented to extend the capacity of the only 400 kV cross-border transmission line enabling it to carry an additional 100 MW of electricity....
India has called a tender for the construction of a dry port at Dodhara Chandani Municipality-1 in Kanchanpur district. The Indian side announced a tender after the agreement between the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation and Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB) to cut down trees at the dry port construction site. India...