Kathmandu, March 5 -- Six international companies have shown interest in executing a component of the Tamakoshi-Kathmandu Transmission Line Project being developed by the Nepal Electricity Authority. According to the project office, it is currently evaluating the proposals submitted by one Chinese and five Indian firms to implement the 44-km-long New Khimti-Barhabise section of the power line.

"We have received proposals from Pingao of China, and Tata Project, Larsen and Tourbo, KEC International, Trans Rail India and Kalpataru of India," said Nava Raj Ojha, chief of the power line project. "Currently, we are evaluating the technical proposals of the applicants, and it will take us about a week to complete it."

After studying the techni...