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India to set up joint venture company to import 1650 MW of electricity from Nepal and to construct cross-border transmission lines 

Kathmandu. A meeting of the Energy Secretary-level Joint Directive Committee of Nepal and India has agreed to export 1,650 megawatts of electricity from Nepal.

An agreement has been reached to import 1,400 MW of electricity from the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur and Dhalkebar-Sitamadi transmission lines.TAG_OPEN_div_42

Joint-TAG_OPEN_div_40 Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Sandeep Kumar Dev said that the government has agreed to increase the export from 1,100 MW to 1,650 MW.

Likewise, the meeting also approved the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the 220 KV ‘double circuit’ transmission line of Chameliya Jauljibi transmission line.TAG_OPEN_div_38 The project is expected to be completed by December 2028.

The meeting also agreed to expedite the process for forming a joint venture company for the construction of 400 KV inter-country transmission line between New Purnia and Dododhara Bareilly, Dev said.TAG_OPEN_div_36

Similarly, further technical study will be carried out regarding Motihari-Nijgadh 400 KV double circuit and Lucknow Kohalpur 4 TAG_OPEN_div_34 00 KV transmission line. Similarly, the new Butwal-Gorakhpur 400 KV transmission line will be operated at 220 KV for now.

Construction of the Nepal section of the transmission line will be completed by August, 2026.TAG_OPEN_div_32 Similarly, the construction of the substation will be completed by December 2027. 130 MW of electricity can be imported immediately and 200 MW can be exported.

Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Sarita Dawadi and Secretary at the Ministry of Power of India Pankaj Agrawal co-chaired the 13th meeting of the Steering Committee in Pokhara.TAG_OPEN_div_30

The 13th meeting of the Joint Task Force was held in Pokhara on Tuesday.TAG_OPEN_div_28 The meeting was co-chaired by Sandeep Kumar Dev, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, and Pankaj Kumar, Joint Secretary (Broadcasting), Ministry of Power, Government of India.

Various matters of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, including development of hydropower projects, power trade and transmission infrastructure, were reviewed in the meeting.TAG_OPEN_div_26

Both sides appreciated the progress made in the development of new transmission line, including the 400 kV Gorakhpur-New Butwal line.TAG_OPEN_div_24 They discussed the ways to facilitate the implementation of the existing and proposed power generation and transmission projects.

According to the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, discussions were held on the coordination operation of the grids of both countries, development of solar power projects, collaboration in green hydrogen and capacity building of Nepali experts.TAG_OPEN_div_22

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