Kathmandu, Nov. 5 -- Nepal and India have agreed to construct three major cross-border transmission lines: the Chameliya-Jauljibi 220 kV double-circuit transmission line, the Nijgadh-Motihari 400 kV double-circuit line, and the Lamahi-Lucknow 400 kV line.

The agreement was reached during the 17th meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Secretary-level Joint Technical Team in Pokhara. The meeting also agreed to expand the capacity and operation of four other existing transmission lines.

Sandeep Kumar Dev, joint secretary at Nepal's Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, and Bhagwan Sahay Bhairava, chief engineer at India's Central Electricity Authority, co-chaired the meeting.

According to the energy ministry, Nepal and India have...