Adanai Group of India to invest in Nepal’s Airports and other public sectors, reports
Nepal’s Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat has said that Adani Group of India will invest in various public sectors in Nepal including International airports and energy sector.
“The founder and chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani has proposed to invest in Nepal, particularly in energy and airport management sectors,” Mahat said after having recently met Adani at Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gujarat, India.
According to minister Mahat, Adani expressed his interest to expand and operate the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu, taking management of the Bhairawaha International Airport and Pokhara International Airport and construction of the controversial Nijgadh International Airport in Bara.
Nepal’s Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Sudan Kirati said that the government is studying to prepare a package to run all three international airports and construction of the new airport in Nijgadh.
“In the absence of regular international flights in Pokhara and Bhairawaha, we have to go for construction of another airport in Nijgadh. We are preparing a package so that all these three airports can do the business smoothly and the new airport in Nijgadh can be built,” Kirati said.
