Nepal, India sign seven-point agreement

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi signed a seven-point agreement on Thursday. The agreement was signed at a joint press conference organized at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi this afternoon. They signed the agreement on petroleum pipeline, Lower Arun Hydropower Project, Pukhot-Karnali Hydropower Project and cross border payment among others.

They also jointly laid the foundation stone for the construction of Sunauli-Bhairahawa Integrated Check Post.

Similarly, the two prime ministers inaugurated the Bathana-Biratnagar Cargo Rail. They also signed the agreement to lay foundation stone for the construction of a petroleum pipeline from Amlekhgunj to Lothal of Chitwan, construction of 40 KV double circuit transmission line from Gorkhpur to New Butwal and take ahead the project of Lower Arun Hydropower Project. It has also been agreed to construct a petroleum pipeline from Siliguri of India to Charali of Jhapa, Nepal and to expand the petroleum pipeline of Amlekhgunj to Lothar of Chitwan.