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Sunday, 25th October 2026
Nepal Resumes 40MW Power Supply to Bangladesh After Flood Damage
25 October 2026 18:10 PM
NEWS DESK
Nepal has resumed supplying 40 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh through India's transmission network from Friday evening, following disruptions caused by flood damage to hydropower plants in Nepal.
Flash floods in the Bhotekoshi River on August 26 damaged Nepal's Trishuli and Chilime hydropower plants, forcing the country to suspend electricity exports to Bangladesh. The disruption also affected power exports to Haryana in India.
Longyu Kumar Shrestha, managing director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), said exports to Bangladesh had resumed after India's Central Electricity Authority approved power supply from two new hydropower plants.
Under the revised arrangement, electricity will be supplied to Bangladesh from the Solu Khola and Kabeli B-1 hydropower plants. Meanwhile, the Lower Modi Khola hydropower plant has received approval to export electricity to Haryana.
On October 3, 2024, the NEA and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) signed a five-year electricity export agreement. Under the deal, Nepal supplies 40MW of electricity to Bangladesh annually from June 15 to November 15, using India's transmission network.
Shrestha said the resumption of exports despite damage to power generation and transmission infrastructure caused by floods was significant for Nepal's electricity trade. It would help the country utilise surplus electricity generated during the monsoon season and expand regional power trade.
Meanwhile, Nepal earned 5.925 billion Nepali rupees from electricity exports to India between mid-September and mid-October 2026, an increase of 962 million rupees compared with the same period last year.
According to data from the NEA's Load Dispatch Centre, Nepal exported 633.986 million units of electricity to India during the period. Export earnings also rose by 832.5 million rupees compared with the previous month.
Although floods forced several hydropower plants authorised to supply electricity to India to shut down, affecting exports, Nepal's overall export earnings increased.
Nepal supplies electricity to Haryana and Bihar under bilateral power purchase agreements. It also sells surplus electricity through India's Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) in the day-ahead and real-time markets.
During the first three months of fiscal year 2026–27, Nepal earned a total of 16.1513 billion rupees from electricity exports.
After meeting domestic demand, Nepal exports surplus electricity generated during the monsoon season to neighbouring countries, strengthening its position in the regional energy market.
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