Nepal and India have agreed to finalize the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project at the earliest. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Nepal’s Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka, and his Indian counterpart, C.R. Patil. According to Khadka’s private secretariat, India has expressed a positive stance toward expediting the construction of the project.
Minister Khadka, who traveled to New Delhi to participate in the India Energy Week, held discussions with his Indian counterpart on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Energy Secretary Suresh Acharya, senior energy expert Prabal Adhikari, and Joint Secretary Sandip Kumar Dev from Nepal’s Ministry of Energy.
A press note from Khadka’s Private Secretariat stated that Minister Patil assured India’s commitment to finalizing the DPR and moving forward with the project. Additionally, the two countries have agreed to release water into the already constructed link canal from Tanakpur to the Nepal-India border. The operational procedure for water release will soon be finalized in accordance with the Mahakali Treaty.
