Prime Minister KP Oli has vowed to end load-shedding in just one year, prompting many to ridicule him for trying to ‘fool the people with hollow promises’

The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Managing Director Mukesh Raj Kafle defends Oli, saying it would not be impossible to end load-shedding in one year if the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line is completed in time.

If the construction of the 400 KV cross-border transmission line is completed in the next few months, the NEA can import 90 MW more electricity from India. But that will reduce load-shedding by only less than two hours, so despite what Kafle’s says pinning all our hopes on the transmission line would be misguided.