Nepal, Bhutan offer 1000MW power each
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Nepal and Bhutan have pledged to export 1000 megawatt (MW) hydroelectricity each to Bangladesh, reports BSS.
Prime Minister's Finance Adviser Dr Mashiur Rahman, who led seven-member delegation to Nepal and Bhutan from November 21 to 25, on his return home Friday, told the news agency that Nepal would give 1,000 MW electricity from its Saptokoshi project while Bhutan another 1,000 MW from its Sangkosh project.
However, the Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, in a report from Kathmandu said Saturday Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is going to impose weekly 38.5 hours of load-shedding effective from today (Sunday).
The NEA decided to increase the load-shedding hours following dysfunction of units kept at the Mid-Marsyangdi Hydropower Project.
Presently, the nation is witnessing power cut for 29 hours in a week.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh delegation during its just-concluded visit to Nepal and Bhutan made much progress in discussions on the issues of transit, transshipment, water supply and expansion of bilateral trade with those two countries.
As all these things would require using the Indian territory, the whole issue would be discussed during Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Bangladesh early next year.
During discussions, both Nepal and Bhutan observed that the Bangladesh-India joint communique, signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Delhi visit, had offered increased opportunities to the countries in the region to expand their cooperation.
During official talks in Nepal, the issues of water resource development and river management, generation and distribution of electricity at Shaptakoshi reservoir with partnership, communications, transit and transshipment, the use of Mongla and Chittagong seaports, expansion of trade and taking the joint initiatives in global arena, particularly on issues of climate change, were discussed.
The Bangladesh delegation, during its visit to Bhutan from November 23 to 24, conveyed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's greetings to the King and Prime Minister of that country.
Dr Mashiur Rahman said Bhutan has fixed a target of generating 10,000 megawatt electricity from Sangkosh reservoir. Bangladesh has expressed eagerness to import 1,000 MW from there.
He said Bangladesh will set up a land port at Nakugaon in Sherpur district to facilitate the Bhutanese trucks to come 200 metres inside the Bangladesh territory for bilateral trade.
The government has amended Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) system for the purpose. There are scopes for increasing the existing 20 million dollar trade volume between the two countries five-fold.
Prime Minister's Finance Adviser Dr Mashiur Rahman, who led seven-member delegation to Nepal and Bhutan from November 21 to 25, on his return home Friday, told the news agency that Nepal would give 1,000 MW electricity from its Saptokoshi project while Bhutan another 1,000 MW from its Sangkosh project.
However, the Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, in a report from Kathmandu said Saturday Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is going to impose weekly 38.5 hours of load-shedding effective from today (Sunday).
The NEA decided to increase the load-shedding hours following dysfunction of units kept at the Mid-Marsyangdi Hydropower Project.
Presently, the nation is witnessing power cut for 29 hours in a week.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh delegation during its just-concluded visit to Nepal and Bhutan made much progress in discussions on the issues of transit, transshipment, water supply and expansion of bilateral trade with those two countries.
As all these things would require using the Indian territory, the whole issue would be discussed during Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to Bangladesh early next year.
During discussions, both Nepal and Bhutan observed that the Bangladesh-India joint communique, signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Delhi visit, had offered increased opportunities to the countries in the region to expand their cooperation.
During official talks in Nepal, the issues of water resource development and river management, generation and distribution of electricity at Shaptakoshi reservoir with partnership, communications, transit and transshipment, the use of Mongla and Chittagong seaports, expansion of trade and taking the joint initiatives in global arena, particularly on issues of climate change, were discussed.
The Bangladesh delegation, during its visit to Bhutan from November 23 to 24, conveyed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's greetings to the King and Prime Minister of that country.
Dr Mashiur Rahman said Bhutan has fixed a target of generating 10,000 megawatt electricity from Sangkosh reservoir. Bangladesh has expressed eagerness to import 1,000 MW from there.
He said Bangladesh will set up a land port at Nakugaon in Sherpur district to facilitate the Bhutanese trucks to come 200 metres inside the Bangladesh territory for bilateral trade.
The government has amended Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) system for the purpose. There are scopes for increasing the existing 20 million dollar trade volume between the two countries five-fold.