Power surplus Nepal to supply electricity to India for first time
Nepal is a power surplus country for the first time and India is the maiden destination for cross-border power exports, in what could emerge as the second such model in South Asia, after the India-Bhutan deal.
Plans are also afoot by Nepal to sell power to Bangladesh via Indian territory. India recently decided to buy 39 megawatts of electricity from Nepal, from that country’s 24 mw Trishuli Hydropower Project and 15 mw Devighat Hydropower Project. Both projects were developed with India’s assistance.
ET has learnt that Nepal will be allowed to export power to Bangladesh at a later stage via India to meet growing demands of the local economy in that country. India has also been studying Nepal’s proposal to sell the electricity generated by two other power projects,
