Nepal-India water talks begin; Nepal requests India for more electricity

The fourth meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resources (JCWR) between Nepal and India began on Thursday in New Delhi.

The Nepali side has requested India to expedite construction of transmission lines damaged by Koshi floods and the cross border lines so that the amount of power imported from India could be increased.

Shankar Koirala, who is leading the Nepali team, said Nepal could import upto 150 Mw electricity from India.

In Thursday’s meeting, finalision of the Terms of Reference of Pancheshwar Development Board and Naumure hydel project figured prominently.

Indian water secretary UN Panjiar said both sides have agreed to complete Naumure’s feasibility study by April. India has promised to construct Naumure hydel project in Nepal as a goodwill gesture.

Among other issues that were discussed in the meeting are reconstruction of the Koshi Barrage damaged by floods in September last year, maintenance of the Gandak barrage and the inundation of Nepali and Indian land due to embankments constructed in India. nepalnews.com Mar 13 09

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