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• Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project (PMP) is a bi-national hydropower project to be developed on the Mahakali River bordering Nepal and India. 
• The development of the project is covered under the integrated Mahakali Treaty signed between Nepal and India in 1996 under underground powerhouses of will be constructed on each side of the Mahakali river in India and Nepal.
• Apart from generating around 6,480 MW electricity, the project will provide irrigation to 130,000 hectares of land in Nepal and 240,000 hectares in India in addition to other incidental benefits including flood protection.
• However, a mutually acceptable detailed project report (DPR)  of the Pancheshwar Project could not be finalised due to differences on certain contentious issues.