Kathmandu, January 20
India appears to be like able to let Nepal promote electrical energy to Bangladesh through its land.
Lately, Nepal and Bangladesh have collectively requested India to make use of its land for inter-country electrical energy transportation utilizing the Indian infrastructure. They’ve stated 50 megawatts of electrical energy will probably be transported through India initially.
Officers say a gathering between Nepali and Indian officers led by power secretaries of the nations will finalise the matter. The assembly is scheduled to be held within the third week of February in New Delhi.
India and Bangladesh additionally mentioned the matter individually throughout a bilateral assembly within the first week of January. They’re already within the electrical energy commerce whereas Nepal can also be promoting electrical energy to India.
Nepal Electrical energy Authority chief Kul Man Ghising says the authority hopes the authority would start exporting electrical energy to Bangladesh within the subsequent three months.
“We’re excited,” he says, “Though we’ll start to promote electrical energy in a small quantity symbolically, it should imply the door of the regional market is open for us.”