POWER PURCHASED
BY INDIA FROM NEPAL
The power exchange
between India and Nepal, at present, is of the order of about
100 MW with Nepal as net importer of power from India. However,
with the commissioning of the Kaligandaki project (144 MW),
Nepal has offered to sell some surplus power to India. The Power
Trading Corporation which has been appointed as nodal agency
on Indian side is interacting with the Nepal Electricity Authority
(NEA) to explore the possibility of purchase of surplus power
on mutually acceptable terms.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Power, Smt. Jayawanti Mehta,
in a written reply to a question by Shri Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi,
in the Lok Sabha today.
