3.6. Power

♤ India and Nepal have a Power Exchange Agreement since 1971 for meeting the power requirements in the border areas of the two countries, taking advantage of each other's transmission infrastructure.

♤ There are more than twenty 132 KV, 33 KV and 11 KV transmission interconnections which are used both for power exchange in the bordering areas and for power trade. For enhanced transmission of electricity, short term augmentation of the existing grid has been completed.

♤ Under mid–term augmentation, with grant assistance from GoI, 132 KV Kataiya–Kushaha and 132 KV Raxaul–Parwanipur transmission lines are being operationalized.

♤ For long–term augmentation of the cross–border grid infrastructure, with a funding of US$

13.2 million (from GoI’s US$ 100 Million LoC), the construction of a 400 KV Muzzafarpur– Dhalkebar transmission line is in progress.

♤ On completion, the Muzzafarpur–Dhalkebar transmission line would allow import of up to 1000 MW of power by Nepal from India and also export from Nepal to India.

♤ At present, the total supply of electricity to Nepal from India is about 400 MW.