BD, Nepal to build hydro projects

Nepal and Bangladesh have agreed to develop hydropower projects with government-to-government investment at an energy secretary-level meeting in Kathmandu on Tuesday, The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times reported.

The electricity produced from the projects will be exported to Bangladesh.

Apart from developing the projects with government-to-government investment, the meeting also discussed the possibility of power trade between the two countries via Indian territory.

The Nepali delegation was led by Anup Kumar Upadhyaya, secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI) and the Bangladeshi team was led by Ahmad Kaikaus, secretary of Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.

The two countries also decided to form a joint technical team to identify potential hydropower projects for development.