• ●The Ministry of Power approved export of power to the Nepal Electricity Authority for 18 hours a day (00:00 to 18:00 hours) from 13 September 2026 to 31 December 2026.
• ●Up to 600 MW is approved through the Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar 400 kV double-circuit line and up to 54 MW through the Tanakpur-Mahendranagar 132 kV single-circuit line.
• ●The quantum of export from January 2027 will be reviewed in December 2026.
• ●Recent floods damaged Nepal's hydropower infrastructure, cutting domestic generation and creating the additional requirement.
• ●The Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar 400 kV line was commissioned on 19 February 2016 and jointly dedicated by the Prime Ministers of India and Nepal the following day.
• ●The Nepal Electricity Authority was created on 16 August 1985 under the Nepal Electricity Authority Act, 1984.
• ●India and Nepal signed the Power Trade Agreement at Kathmandu on 21 October 2014, covering transmission interconnection, grid connectivity and power trading; India's Ministry of Power issued the Guidelines for Import/Export (Cross Border) of Electricity on 18 December 2018.
• ●The Tanakpur power station (120 MW, NHPC) on the Sharda river — the Mahakali in Nepal — in Uttarakhand was commissioned in 1992; under the Mahakali Treaty signed on 12 February 1996, Nepal receives 70 million kWh from it free of cost each year.

The Tanakpur hydroelectric project, which feeds one of the power export lines to Nepal, is located on which river?