Kathmandu [Nepal], April 22 (ANI): Minister for Power and Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar arrived in Kathmandu for a two-day visit on Tuesday.
Khattar arrived in Kathmandu at the invitation of Nepali Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation- Dipak Khadka. During his visit to India on February 12, Minister Khadka had extended an invitation to Indian Power Minister Khattar to visit Nepal.
Minister Khattar is scheduled to inspect the Arun-3 Hydropower Project being constructed by the SJVN Arun-3 Power Development Company (SAPDC), which is owned by the Indian company Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN).
Khattar will inspect the power house and dam area of the Arun-3 Hydropower Project. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Khadka will also visit Arun-3. SJVN is currently constructing 900 MW Arun-3 Hydropower Project in Sankhuwasabh district.
Most of the structural work of the project has reached the final stage. The company is working to complete the project as quickly as possible. Similarly, SJVN’s subsidiary, SAPDC, is also constructing the 669 MW Lower Arun Hydropower Project.
Similarly, Minister Khadka and Indian Minister Khattar will jointly inaugurate the Inaruwa-Basantapur-Baneshwor-Tumlingtar 200 kV transmission line and 220/133/33 kV Tumlingtar substation, 220/33 kV Baneshwor substation and 220/133/33 kV Basantapur substation under the Koshi Corridor 220 kV transmission line, which were completed with the assistance of the government of India, at Tumlingtar in Sankhuwasabha.
Both ministers will also sign an agreement on the transmission line to be built with joint investment by the two countries, and take forward the construction process.
Khattar is scheduled to discuss Indian investment in other hydropower projects as well as new projects with Minister Khadka.
Minister Khattar will also visit Muktinath Temple in Mustang on April 23. The visiting Indian Minister is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Deputy Prime Minister and Ministers. (ANI)