India asks Nepal to pay Rs 1.27 billion for gifted chopper

Indian officials have been pressing Nepal to pay Rs 1.27 billion for an army helicopter which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gifted the Himalayan nation two years ago.

Modi had presented this helicopter to the then Nepali Prime Minister Sushil Koirala during the SAARC summit held in Nepal.

Modi had handed over the chopper named Air 2 Missile ALH Dhrub Mark 3 to his counterpart Koirala amidst a special ceremony organized at the Military Pavilion, Tundikhel on November 17, 2014.

The then Prime Minister Koirala had handed over this helicopter to former Chief of Army Staff, Gaurav Shumsher JBR.

India has sent the Nepal government a bill of Rs 1.27 billion – Rs 1.24 billion as the price of the helicopter and Rs 3 million as the maintenance cost of the helicopter including the allowances for the Indian technical team which had repaired the chopper, according to Shiva Prasad Simkhada, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

कृपया पर्खनुहोस, भिडियो 60 सेकेण्डमा लोड हुदै छ

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