January 5: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has claimed that the long-term agreement between Nepal and India on electricity export was a milestone from the perspective of power trade.    
Inaugurating the administrative building of Sunapati Rural Municipality of Ramechhap on Thursday, PM Dahal expressed the hope that the long-term pact on power trade signed during the visit of Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to Nepal would help the country to make significant shift in power trade.    
Sharing that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed for exporting 10,000 MW electricity to India in 10 years during his visit to India last year, PM Dahal further said the signing of the long-term agreement has opened up avenues for power trade.    
"This is an achievement in itself. It has opened the doors for power trade with India and Bangladesh," he said, adding, "Electricity will also be exported to Bangladesh by using the Indian grid."    
On a different note, PM Dahal said the ruling coalition has realized the need of national consensus to ensure effective operation of the parliament and conclude the transitional justice related works. -- RSS