After firming up the Pancheshwar dam project during his visit to Uttarakhand today, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ indicated his keenness to develop more hydel projects with India. “Why Pancheshwar alone, we have a huge power potential. We can work with India to develop more power projects,” Prachanda told reporters after his tour of the 2,400 Mw Tehri hydel project.
Prachanda visited Tehri and toured the powerhouse of the dam. He closely inspected the various operative mechanisms of the project and discussed with the project officials the rehabilitation issues related to it.
Later, the Nepalese premier had lunch with Chief Minister B C Khanduri at the Jollygrant airport. The two leaders discussed matters of mutual interest and expressed satisfaction over the 6,000 Mw Pancheshwar dam, which is to be jointly developed by India and Nepal with an estimated investment of Rs 30,000 crore.
The Maoist leader said since the political situation in Nepal had improved, his country was looking forward to work with India on more hydel projects.
