According to India's report on The Telegraph, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nepal in the first week of August.The Telegraph wrote today that Modi is planning to visit Nepal "for wide-ranging discussions with the Kathmandu leadership on upgrading ties."
It has been learnt that Modi is also interested in meeting Maoist leaders Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai "to get a sense of their perception of domestic politics as well as ties with India." Different newspapers indicated that Modi could be carrying to Nepal the gift of an 800-megawatt hydropower project to be delivered on a two-year deadline; this will help offset some of Nepal’s huge power difficulty. Recently Narendra Modi visited Bhutan starting June 15, his first visit abroad after assuming office as the Prime Minister, is being seen as a clear challenge to China which has been slowly making inroads into the Himalayan kingdom.
