JCWR meeting ends in Delhi
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NEW DELHI, NOV 26 -
The sixth meeting of the Joint Committee on Water Resources (JCWR) concluded here on Friday with agreement to hold the meeting of the Power Exchange Committee (PEC) on December 14-15 in New Delhi.
The PEC is a joint team that decides on techicalities of crucial issues pertaining to power
trading.
The PEC meeting scheduled for November14-15 could not be held in Kathmandu due to various technical reasons. PEC will finalise the dates and techicalities to provide 100 MW power to Nepal. Nepal has intended to get that amount of electricity before march 2012 to address its power woes.
A recent meeting of technical officials of both the countries concluded that Nepal can import 100 MW from India with minimum repairs in the existing transmission lines within three months and an additional 145 MW in one year.
The two-day meeting of the JCWR also discussed a dozen issues related to the Saptakoshi High Dam, Naumure Project, Gandak Project, Mechi embankment, additional power supply to Nepal from India and the terms of reference of the Pancheshwor Development Authority, among others.
Energy Secretary Balananda Paudel led the Nepali delegation to the talks, while secretary
at the water resources ministry Dhruv Vijay Singh led the Indian sisde. The JCWR has also decided to do groundwork to hold a ministerial level meeting in early 2012.
Both the sides said the meeting was ‘very positive’. “We look forward to more cooperation in the water resources sector,” Singh said.
Posted on: 2011-11-26 08:48
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