India's Ministry of Power approved up to 654 megawatts to Nepal for 18 hours a day until 31 December. The 26 August glacial collapse wrecked hydropower plants. The Kathmandu Post splits that into 600 MW on Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar and 54 MW on Tanakpur-Mahendranagar, midnight to 6pm from 13 September. December will review the January 2027 quantity.
Al Jazeera reports India's Ministry of Power said on Monday that up to 654 MW would be transmitted to Nepal for 18 hours a day until 31 December. On 26 August a glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border and flooding killed more than 1400 people in Nepal and Tibet. At least 12 hydropower projects in Nepal were hit. The ministry said that in December it would review the amount to be exported from January.[1]
The Kathmandu Post says the export runs from 13 September through 31 December, 18 hours a day from midnight to 6pm, coinciding with Nepal's dry season. India approved up to 600 MW through the Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar 400 kV double-circuit line and up to 54 MW through the Tanakpur-Mahendranagar 132 kV single-circuit line. Acting NEA managing director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha said the floods left a 350-400 MW shortfall and that Nepal had asked India for extra dry-season power. At least six projects, including Trishuli 3A and Nuwakot solar, were completely damaged.[2]
The Kathmandu Post says Nepal is still exporting around 500 MW to India during the monsoon, and that the additional India power is for winter. The ministry statement in Al Jazeera names the same 654 MW and a December review of January volumes. Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment figures for rupee losses appear only in the Kathmandu Post account.[2], [1]
