21 February 2016

Oli, Modi inaugurate power line

Feb 21, 2016-In a major boost to cross-border power trade, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur cross-border transmission line on Saturday.

The power line is the first to come into operation among six such projects planned for cross-border power trade between the two countries. It is crucial for Nepal’s plans to import an additional 600MW electricity from India by December 2017 to end load shedding…

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