For a true reset

India should focus on getting key projects off the ground in Nepal

The reassuring expressions of renewed ties and friendship following Nepal’s Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended many months of suspicion and recriminations. On the face of it, the meeting — billed as a “reset” — offers hope for bettering ties in more fundamental ways. The building of a link between the Indian border town of Raxaul and Kathmandu could be a good start, as would completing the 900 Mw, $1.5 billion Arun III hydro-electric project in eastern Nepal. Both projects would go a long way towards cementing historical ties that have been vitiated