The meeting held on January 9 agreed to start the joint company establishment work within a month
The 12th meeting of the Nepal-India secretary-level joint directorate committee agreed to start the work related to the establishment of a joint company within a month to construct the 400 KV Inruwa-New Purnia and Dododhara-Bareli transmission lines.
According to the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, although the meeting held on January 9 agreed to start the joint company establishment work within a month, the draft agreement is being prepared only after two months have passed.
Ministry spokesperson Sandeep Dev said that a draft of the joint venture agreement (joint venture advance) must be signed before the establishment of the company. Nepal Electricity Authority on behalf of Nepal and Power Grid Corporation on behalf of India will enter into an agreement to build Inruwa-New Purnia and Dododhara-Bareli transmission lines of 400 KV capacity.
Dev says that the joint venture has reached its final stage as there is an agreement to be made before establishing it. "We are preparing a draft for the joint venture advance, we have reached the final stage of the draft after taking advice and suggestions from both Nepal and India," he said, "the said agreement will be signed soon. After that, a joint venture company will be established.'
Nepal-India secretary-level joint directorate committee meeting agreed to complete the construction of Inaruwa-New Purnia by 2028/29 and Dododhara-Bareli international transmission line by 2029/30. For this, it was agreed that the transmission line to Nepal will be owned by 51 percent of Nepal Electricity Authority and 49 percent of India's power grid, and for the transmission line to India, 51 percent of power grid and 49 percent of Nepal Electricity Authority will be owned by the joint venture modality.
400 KV Dodhara-Bareli transmission line will have a distance of 150 km towards India and about 35 km towards Nepal. Inaruwa-Purnia will have a distance of 25 km towards Nepal and 100 km towards India. With the investment modality decided, the construction will be started with the target of completing Inaruwa-Purnia in 2028/29 and Dodhara-Bareli in 2029/30.
By 2029/30, 12,000 megawatts of electricity can be imported and exported through international transmission lines.
An agreement was reached in the joint secretary level meeting on January 9 about the investment modality of the 400 KV Inruwa-Purnia and Lamki-Bareli transmission line, which has been under discussion for two years.
A long-term electricity trade agreement has been signed between Nepal and India for the export of 10,000 megawatts in 10 years. The Energy Development Roadmap and Implementation Plan-2081 aims to export 10,000 MW of electricity to India and 5,000 MW to Bangladesh by 2035.
In order to export electricity to India, the Energy Secretary-level meeting has taken the aim of preparing a study report on 400 KV Nijgarh-Motihari and Kohalpur-Lucknow transmission lines and completing the construction by the year 2034/35. It has also been agreed that the study of the 220 KV Chamelia (Nepal)-Jaljibi (India) transmission line will be completed in the coming March and it will be put into operation by the year 2027.
