Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Nepal earned a profit of Rs 4.5 billion from power trade. He shared this information with the public through a social networking site post on Saturday.

"We have successfully exported electricity worth Rs 4.5 billion, more than our imports this year. We are gradually reducing the volume of electricity imports,” he wrote.

The Prime Minister also stated that although power outages had been ended for the public in the past, it had continued for industrial purposes. However, power supply to industries has now been extended as well.