KATHMANDU: A meeting of the Nepal-India secretary-level Governing Council has been scheduled for Thursday to forward the works on the Pancheshwar Multi-purpose Hydroelectricity Project.

Although the meeting was said to be held for two days on Thursday and Friday, it has been set to hold discussions on the main agenda only on Friday.

The joint meetings of the Council set for January 7-9 and February 3-4 were postponed earlier.

Energy Secretary Suman Prasad Sharma said that it was agreed in talks between Prime Minister Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and the Indian Energy State Minister Piyush Goyal to speed up the works on the Pancheshwar Project.

He said the progress on the Detailed Project Report of the Pancheshwar Project, the programme and budget for 2016 and the framework of the Authority are yet  to be discussed in the meeting.

The project has the installed capacity of generating 6,690 megawatts power besides providing irrigation facilities to Kanchanpur district on Nepal side and some Indian territories.

The project that is to be constructed on the Mahakali River had remained stalled for the last 23 years.