India-Nepal power trade

Nepal and India have agreed to increase the capacity of the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur cross-border transmission line to allow import and export of up to 600MW of electricity. The 400kVA line is only able to handle 350MW at present. The agreement was reached at a virtual meeting between NEA's Sandip Deb and Rabindra Gupta of India's Central Electricity Authority on Tuesday. The 456MW Upper Tama Kosi plant is connected to this transmission line.

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