Jumbangla Desk: Nepal has sought India's permission to export 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh. Because Nepal has to export electricity to Bangladesh using Indian territory. So New Delhi responded to Nepal's call. India will soon allow the export of electricity to Bangladesh through its territory. This information was given in a report of the Indian media The Print.

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Nepal's Energy and Water Resources Minister Deepak Kharka visited India from November 3 to 6. During the visit, he met India's Power Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Water Resources Minister CR Patil. During this time they discussed the progress of cooperation on energy, water resources and irrigation. Besides, the use of India's power supply infrastructure in the case of power export from Nepal to Bangladesh was also discussed.

Deepak Kharka returned home after visiting India on November 6. Later, he spoke to reporters about his visit to India at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. He said that according to the tripartite agreement, Nepal has sought permission to use Indian transmission lines to export 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh.

Nepal has received permission from the Bangladesh government to export 40 MW of electricity through India for five months from July 15 to November 15. However, for this Nepal needs to get permission to export power through transmission lines from India. In this regard, Deepak Kharka said, 'Indian side has taken Nepal's request positively and has assured to give permission soon.'

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On October 3, an agreement was signed between the three countries to export electricity from Nepal to Bangladesh via India at a hotel in Kathmandu. Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change and Water Resources of the Interim Government of Bangladesh was present at the signing ceremony. Representatives of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and India's NTPC Vidyut Business Nigam Limited (NVVN) signed the agreement.