Jumbangla Desk: Nepal has officially started supplying electricity to Bangladesh. Through this, the Himalayan country exported electricity to a third country for the first time after India. Nepal started sending electricity to Bangladesh via India on Friday (November 15) as per the tripartite agreement.
After a virtual ceremony in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, power exports began. In total, they will send 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh.
This tripartite power export agreement was signed in early October. However, this year - that is, in 2024, Nepal will send electricity to Bangladesh only one day.
Nepal Electricity Authority spokesperson Chandan Kumar Ghosh told Chinese media Xinhua, "According to the tripartite agreement, Nepal will be able to sell electricity to Bangladesh for only one day in 2024. Thereafter, power supply will resume from June 15, 2025.”
According to the tripartite agreement, Nepal will supply electricity from June 15 to November 15 every year from 2025 to 2029. That is, at a certain time of the year, Nepal's electricity will come to Dhaka.
Bangladesh will buy electricity from Nepal at 8.17 rupees per unit. This will include the cost of transmission lines in India.
The country will send power to Bangladesh from their two centers. Out of this, 25 MW of Trishuli and 22 MW of electricity will come from Chilmi Hydropower Project.
As there is no direct electricity connection between Bangladesh and Nepal. So this electricity is coming through transmission lines of India. However, since there is not much additional capacity in the connection between India's grid and Bangladesh's grid, Nepal will be able to send only 40 MW of electricity. But if the transmission line capacity is increased in future, Nepal will be able to send more electricity, said spokesperson Chandan Kumar Ghosh.
Nepal was supplying power to India since November 2021. As they generate excess hydroelectricity, especially during the monsoon season, they can be exported.
