Nepal to increase power import from India to plug demand supply gap

Nepal to increase power import from India to plug demand supply gap

SILIGURI: Hydropower rich, Himalayan country Nepal is going to increase its power import from India to plug up own winter time demand-supply gap. 
 
In addition to its existing 350MW import, Nepal will take additional 25MW from India as per a power purchase agreement signed between Nepal Electricity Authority(NEA) and NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. of India. 
 
As Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Deputy Managing Director Rajeev Sharma puts it, “This 25 MW is quite significant for the small power system of Nepal.”ET Energy world

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