{"id":7619,"date":"2022-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/27-08-2022\/seti-river\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T00:00:00","slug":"seti-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/27-08-2022\/seti-river","title":{"rendered":"Seti River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>In Context<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">India is to\u00a0 develop two hydropower projects in Nepal, namely the West Seti Hydropower Project and the Seti River Hydropower Project.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1e1e1e\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong>About the Project<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">The MoU was signed between Investment Board Nepal and National Hydro Power Corporation Ltd(India) to develop the 1200 MW project.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1e1e1e\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong>Benefits: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1e1e1e\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">The projects will\u00a0 produce power all year round. Through its national grid, India will receive the power, either for its own use or for export.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong>Background: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">In 2017, China Three Gorges International Corporation set up a joint venture to develop the project. It withdrew from the project in 2018.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong>River Seti\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/cwZE1n22Gbz_3EkLgMVhwkfEps8oKWAfHoYJxx4nsFdumSlGUb0luHFTinBCYPgnB0tmwcUi2DCIdZ_c-ha0g7n04DNYN9Oiy7DmO-eCB-FAiUV64_SVpNZsX2Un6UMypc3XvQ_c8cZAt0a2t0VwXQA_511mMq1C9tZw2RiUUoSuT6qMiHRRjIppcQ\" style=\"height:276px; width:286px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#202122\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">The Seti Gandaki River is also known as the Seti River or the Seti Khola.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#202122\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">The Seti river is a river of western Nepal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#202122\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">It originates from the glaciers around the twin peaks of Api and Nampa in the south facing slopes of the main Himalayas. The area is near the tri junction of the borders of Nepal, India (Uttarakhand), and China.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">The river finally joins the Karnali or Ghagra River (which is Nepal&#8217;s longest river).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#202122\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong>Power projects between India and Nepal<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1e1e1e\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">Nepal has an estimated 83,000 MW power generation potential.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1e1e1e\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">India\u2019s collaboration with Nepal started in 2013 with two Indian companies &#8211; Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) and GMR Energy &#8211; obtaining approval for the development of 900 MW projects in Nepal.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type:disc\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">Earlier, India and Nepal signed a deal to build a 695-megawatt hydroelectric power <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">project named Arun IV\u00a0 jointly built on the Arun River in Nepal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1e1e1e\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">Source<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1e1e1e\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/current-affairs\/indian-to-develop-two-hydropower-plants-in-nepal-earlier-quit-by-china-122082100114_1.html\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:13.5pt\"><span style=\"font-family:'Book Antiqua',serif\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\"><span style=\"background-color:#ffffff\"><strong><u>BS<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Context India is to\u00a0 develop two hydropower projects in Nepal, namely the West Seti Hydropower Project and the Seti River Hydropower Project. About the Project The MoU was signed between Investment Board Nepal and National Hydro Power Corporation Ltd(India) to develop the 1200 MW project. Benefits: The projects will\u00a0 produce power all year round. 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