India-Nepal transmission line gets US$37 million World Bank loan

Will have a 1,000 MW cross-border transmission capacity.

The India-Nepal Electricity Transmission and Trade Project aims to establish a cross-border transmission capacity to facilitate electricity trade between India and Nepal.

It also seeks to increase the supply of electricity in Nepal by the sustainable import of at least 100 MW. Shareholders of the Cross Border Power Transmission Company Limited are India's IL&FS, Energy Development Company, Power Grid Corporation of India and SJVN, India.

Upon the completion of these projects, India and Nepal will able to export and import the electricity through dedicated lines as current problems come to an end. Due to lack of transmission line, Nepal has not able to import electricity from India.

With the fund, Nepal and India will have at least two transmission corridors between Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur and Hetuda-Dhalkebar-Duhabi. The first corridor will have 90 km of 400 kv double circuit transmission line between Muzaffarpur and Sursand on the Indian border with Nepal and another 40 km of 400 kv double ciruct transmission line between Dhalkebar and Birtamod on the Nepal border with India.

The second component is Hetuda-Dhalkebar-Duhabi transmission line and grid synchronization; and installation of properly tuned power system stabilizers in major power generating stations in Nepal and India.