BAITADI/DHANGADI, April 5: In 1996, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Indian counterpart PV Narsimha Rao signed the Mahakali Treaty, which centered on the integrated development of the Mahakali River.

KATHMANDU, August 29: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the detail project report (DPR) of Pancheswar and Mahakali projects would be finalized in a month, which he said would bring drastic changes in the development of the far and mid-western region. The region shall also soon boast of a dry port and at a technical school.