Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today vistually inaugurated two sub-stations and a transmission line in Parbat and Myagdi districts. 

Kushma Sub-station is the second largest sub-station in the country.

The Prime Minister inaugurated the 220-132 KV Kushma sub-station and the 220 KV Kushma-Dana transmission line as well as the 220-132-33 KV Dana sub-station, virtually. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and irrigation Top Bahadur Rayamajhi was, however, present at the programme venue itself.

Addressing the programme, PM Oli said the country was becoming prosperous in the power sector and it has reached a state where it can now export electricity with the load-shedding or electricity outage becoming a thing of the past. He said works are underway on the project so as to export electricity round the year.

East-West Railway to be operated soon

Stating that Nepal would be capable of earning income by selling electricity to neighbouring countries once the projects currently under construction are completed, the Prime Minister directed the authorities concerned to complete the under-construction projects within the stipulated time. He shared that preparations were on for Nepal itself to produce the electricity required for the country and to export excess power during the monsoon to India and Bangladesh within a year or two.

Noting that a lot of progress has been made with regards to the expansion of road transport, construction of bridges and suspension bridges, replacing the rope bridge (tuin) with suspension bridges and operation of railway service in the country, PM Oli reiterated that preparations were also going on to operate the East-West Railway soon. He said compensation and the reconstruction of damages caused by the flood at Dhorpatan of Baglung and in various places of Annapurna, Myagdi in the last monsoon would be seriously addressed.

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