The South Asia’s first cross-border petroleum products pipeline from Motihari, India to Amlekhgunj, Nepal was inaugurated recently aiming to provide petroleum at affordable cost to the people of Nepal.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli jointly inaugurated the pipeline through video conference, an official statement said here.
The 69-km Motihari-Amlekhgunj pipeline, having a capacity of two million metric tonne per annum, will provide cleaner petroleum products at affordable cost to the people of Nepal.
Speaking on the occasion, Prime Minister Oli expressed appreciation for early implementation of this important connectivity project, completed much ahead of the scheduled time.
Prime Minister Modi welcomed the announcement made by Prime Minister Oli to reduce the price of petroleum products by Rs. 2 per litre in Nepal.
Modi noted that regular exchanges at highest political levels have laid down a forward looking agenda for expanding India-Nepal partnership.
