The government is preparing to import 300 megawatt of electricity from India within the next one and half year. The joint standing committee meeting of energy secretaries of Nepal and India here on Friday agreed on the import of 80 MW of electricity from the Dhalkebar-Mujjafpur cross-border transmission line within the next three weeks. Also, the meeting agreed on the import of more power via the same transmission line, with the decision of initiating processes necessary for operating the line in a full-fledged capacity by December, 2017. Despite the potential of importing 1,000 MW of electricity from the Dhalkebar-Mujjafpur transmission line, there is no high power substation at Dhalkebar to transform power as per the demand. So there is a need to increase the capacity of substation for the import of additional power.
Besides, the meeting agreed on the matters relating to increasing the capacity of Kataiya-Kushaha and Raxual-Parwanipur cross–border transmission lines. The capacity of both transmission lines is 132 KV and additional 100 MW of electricity would be imported via these transmission lines. The meeting expressed commitments to complete the construction of both transmission lines by September 2016, according to Energy Ministry's Joint Secretary and Spokesperson Dr Sanjay Sharma.
