Kathmandu, July 2 -- Millennium Challenge Account-Nepal (MCA-Nepal) has welcomed the United States government's decision to allow continued implementation of the MCC Nepal Compact under a previously granted exception to the recent freeze on foreign assistance.

The decision clears the way for MCA-Nepal to proceed with its key infrastructure projects, including the construction of a 297-kilometre electricity transmission line, road maintenance works, three major substations, and an 18-kilometre cross-border transmission link-all central components of the $697 million compact.

The United States' Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) had earlier paused activities following an executive order by US President Donald Trump in January, trigger...