INDIA APPROVES ELECTRICITY EXPORT TO NEPAL AFTER DEVASTATING FLOODS
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India has approved the export of electricity to Nepal to help the neighbouring country address power shortages caused by extensive damage to its hydropower infrastructure following catastrophic floods last month.
The August 26 floods, triggered by a glacial mountain collapse along the China-Nepal border, killed more than 1,400 people in Nepal and Tibet.
Hundreds of workers at several hydropower projects are among more than 5,300 people still reported missing in Nepal.
According to India’s Ministry of Power, the country will supply Nepal with up to 600 megawatts of electricity for 18 hours daily through the end of 2026.
“The approval will help Nepal meet its power requirements during this difficult period and further strengthen the close and longstanding energy cooperation between India and Nepal,” the ministry said in a statement.
It added that the volume of electricity to be supplied from January 2027 would be reviewed in December.
According to the International Energy Agency, about four in five Nepalis lacked access to electricity at the turn of the century. However, rapid development of hydropower has since helped connect almost all of the country’s population of about 30 million people to the national grid.
Hydropower has also become an important source of Nepal’s exports to India and Bangladesh.
The floods, however, forced authorities to suspend electricity exports after damaging at least 12 hydropower projects.
Nepal’s Foreign Ministry estimated last Friday that rebuilding infrastructure destroyed by the deadly floods could cost about $4.78 billion.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has pledged to “strongly raise” Nepal’s climate-related disasters with the international community.
On Monday, September 7, 2026, Nepal observed a national day of mourning for the flood victims, with flags flown at half-mast and candlelight vigils planned later in the day as the country marked the 13th day since the deaths in accordance with Hindu mourning traditions.
AFP
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