India denies Nepal joint venture to build cross-border grids on its territory

India section of the Butwal-Gorakhpur line is being built by a joint venture of Nepal Electricity Authority and the Power Grid Corporation of India. The two countries have agreed to build the 120 km power line by March 2025.

India doesn’t want to involve Nepal in building two new cross-border transmission lines on its territory unlike what the two countries are doing in the Butwal-Gorakhpur Cross Border Transmission Line, a senior official at the Nepal Electricity Authority said.