India today announced that it would give an additional 30 MW of power to Nepal, which is facing an acute shortage of electricity.
India, which is already providing 20 MW of electricity to Nepal, would give another 30 MW of power, external affairs minister SM Krishna told reporters as he wound up his three-day visit here.
Nepal is seeking 30 MW more, which India has promised to provide.
Officials of the two countries had on Friday signed an MoU in power sector under which five villages of Nepal would be electrified at the cost of Rs 6.3 crore.
Nepal currently imports 20 MW of electricity from India from the Tanakpur barrage situated in the Indo-Nepal border. With India agreeing to give another 30 MW, Nepal will now receive 50 MW of electricity to deal with power deficit.
At present, Kathmandu and other major cities of the country are going through an eight-hour electricity cut daily due to the low level of water in the reservoirs of the major power stations of Nepal.
Apart from the power sector, India has inked pacts with Nepal to provide it developmental assistance worth over Rs 830 crore in fields like infrastructure and science and technology.
