Modi says India, Nepal have close ties as he inaugurates Motihari-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline

India and Nepal on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the Motihari-Amlekhgunj oil pipeline, the first ever cross-border petroleum products link in South Asia, PTI reported. The pipeline is supposed to help Nepal meet its energy demands and reduce the cost of fuel transportation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

said on the occasion that the pipeline was a symbol of close ties between India and Nepal, the Hindustan Times reported. “It is a matter of great satisfaction that the first cross-border petroleum pipeline of South Asia has been completed in record time,” Modi said via video link from New Delhi. “It was ready in half the time than expected.”

The Prime Minister’s Office tweeted that he had met his Nepal counterpart KP Oli four times in the last one-and-a-half year. The prime minister said that during his visit to Nepal in May, the two had agreed to finish planned projects quickly. Modi and Oli had agreed to boost ties in the agriculture sector and increase connectivity between the two countries by rail links and waterways. They also laid the foundation stone of Arun 3, a hydro power project in Kathmandu.

“पिछले कुछ वर्षों में हमारे बीच highest political level पर अभूतपूर्व नज़दीकी आई है, और नियमित सम्पर्क रहा है। पिछले डेढ़ वर्षों में, मेरे मित्र...

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