CHITWAN: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Shakti Bahadur Basnet has said the power trade agreement will be reached with Bangladesh soon.
Talking to journalists at Bharatpur Airport today, Minister Basnet asserted that the announcement of the agreement will also be made within this year. "Some topics remain to be formalised and this is also in the final phase. It will be executed once the agreement is signed," Minister Basnet said.
The energy minister further added that Nepal will be self-sufficient both in the dry and monsoon period. "We are going to be fully self-sufficient in electricity and all the problems will be resolved after this," he said.
He claimed that the problem of over-production of electricity during the rainy season and its shortage in the dry season will be resolved very soon. Works are underway for making the distribution system systematic by increasing production, he said.
Minister Basnet claimed that the electrification which covered only 50% area has been expanded to 90%.
"The problems seen at present will be resolved in the coming dry season. The government is carrying out works of systematising the energy production, transmission and distribution through an integrated plan," he asserted.
Along with this, the topic of power trade in an accessible manner has also been linked with the integrated plan, according to the minister. "We have been carrying out works of reforming the policy and laws for making all these topics more effective," he added.
