Nepal to import additional 90 MW power from India by January-end

[Ryuzaki]

KATHMANDU: Nepal, reeling under acute energy shortage, is set to import an additional 90 MW of electricity from India by January-end after the completion of a key inter- country transmission line.

The country is currently facing daily 12-hour load- shedding in its major cities.

Nepal is facing acute shortage of energy in the wake of the blockade of the Indo-Nepal border by Madhesis, largely of Indian-origin. Many people in the urban areas are relying on electricity due to the shortage of cooking gas.

The country at present imports 235 MW of electricity from India.

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Nepal to import additional 90 MW power from India by January-end - The Economic Times

 

[Paranoid Android]

lol..

 

[NIA]

I wonder if Madhesi destroy those pylons.What will happen?

 

[RISING SUN]

India to supply 160MW power to Nepal from January 1
KATHMANDU: India will start supplying an additional 80MW electricity to Nepal from January 1, 2017, through the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said. Nepal currently imports 80MW of electricity through the transmission line and with the additional import, the quantum will reach 160MW, The Kathmandu Post reported on Saturday. During his recent visit to India, Energy Minister Janardan Sharma had held discussions with Union Power Minster Piyush Goyal, requesting to arrange additional power to Nepal, the embassy's statement said. The supply of the additional energy was made possible after the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited installed an additional 220/132kV, 100MVA transformer at Muzaffarpur substation in India, the embassy said. However, under the existing infrastructure, the imported electricity cannot be transmitted to Kathmandu. But NEA has said it was upgrading its distribution system in such a way that the imported electricity would cover areas up to Hetauda. "After the upgradation, we don't have to supply electricity produced along Marshyangdi and Trishuli corridors to Hetauda and surrounding districts. Instead it can be used in Kathmandu," NEA Spokesperson Prabal Adhikari had told the Post. Moreover, NEA's capacity to import energy from India would increase substantially following the completion of the under-construction Dhalkebar substation. The 320MVA substation, which would be completed by February, would be able to handle up to 280MW, enabling NEA to import an additional 120MW power. The Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line was currently being operated at 132KVA capacity.
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