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Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala at Kathmandu took delivery of Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) -- Dhruv -- built by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on behalf of Nepalese Army Air Service at a special ceremony organized at Army Pavilion, Tundikhel from Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi.
"This is in line with PM's thrust on 'Make in India' and the government's policy of neighbourhood," said R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL. The company's technical support team is positioned at Kathmandu to provide maintenance and logistics support. Earlier, India had supplied two Dhruv helicopters to Nepalese Army in November last year, added Tyagi.
Nepal has reciprocated this friendship by signing deal to build a $1 billion hydroelectric plant to boost supplies in the energy-starved Himalayan nation and export power to India.The agreement, which was endorsed by Nepal's Cabinet late Monday, comes two months after a similar deal with another Indian company. In September, Nepal signed an agreement with Indian company GMR to build the $1.15 billion Upper Karnali Hydro power plant.
They are the two largest private foreign investments in Nepal and put India ahead of neighboring China, which has long shown interest in developing Nepal's power industry.
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