Kathmandu: Officials of Nepal and India have agreed to enhance cross-border electricity exchange and strengthen transmission infrastructure by expediting work on several existing and planned transmission line projects.

During the 17th meeting of the Joint Technical Team (JTT) under the energy (power) ministries of both countries, held in the western tourist city of Pokhara on Monday and Tuesday, the two sides discussed electricity trade, construction of new cross-border transmission lines, and strengthening of the transmission system, reaching several key understandings.

According to a press statement issued by Nepal's Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation on Wednesday, both countries agreed to prepare a joint Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed Chameliya–Jauljib

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