Nepal exporting 40MW electricity to Bangladesh next day

Kathmandu, Nov 14: Nepal is exporting 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh on Friday.

This is the first time in Nepali history of power trade that electricity is being exported to another country in addition to India.     

Spokesperson at Nepal Electricity Authority, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, told RSS it was a historic milestone. After the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission of India gave permission to export electricity from Nepal to Bangladesh, the authority would export electricity via Madhya Pradesh on Friday.     

A tripartite agreement was reached among high level officials of Nepal, India and Bangladesh on October 3 regarding power trade.     

The agreement was signed by Executive Director of NEA, Kulman Ghising, on behalf of Nepal.(RSS)