Kathmandu, Feb 12: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Dipak Khadka held a meeting with his Indian counterpart, Minister of Power of India, Manohar Lal Khattar, in Delhi, India on Wednesday.
Minister Khadka is in New Delhi to attend ‘India Energy Week-2025’. During the meeting, they discussed the various aspects of energy development between Nepal and India.
On the occasion, he thanked Indian government for its support to export electricity from Nepal to Bangladesh via Indian transmission line. The Energy Minister urged the Power Ministry of India to give approval for 24-hour power availability as electricity of Indian Power Exchange could not be available from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm during the winter season.
He drew attention for the approval to export power of Tamakoshi hydropower project going to be constructed by Nepal on its own. Similarly, Power Minister Khattar said there is always support and cooperation of India in development of Nepal’s energy sector. He shared that energy development between the two countries would be forwarded through mutual discussion and collaboration.
The Indian Minister urged Energy Minister for necessary facilitation of the projects constructed by Indian companies in Nepal. Present in the meeting were Secretary at the Energy Ministry, Suresh Acharya, senior energy expert Prabal Adhikari, Joint-Secretary Sandip Kumar Dev, Economic Advisor of the Minister, Amit Shrestha.
Indian Power Ministry’s Secretary Pankaj Agrawal and Chairperson of NHPC, electricity organization of India, RK Chaudhary were also present on the occasion.#nepal#energy #rss
