Kathmandu, April 29: Weeks before its grand inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a bomb exploded at the office of a hydroelectricity project being developed with Indian assistance in eastern Nepal. Reports inform that no one has been injured in the blast and an investigation has been launched. So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the blast.

Reports inform that the incident that took place on Sunday, damaged the compound wall of the 900 MW Arun III Hydroelectric Power Plant's office in Khandbari-9.

The plant is situated in Tumlingtar in Eastern Nepal. Siva Raj Joshi, Chief District Officer of the Sankhuwasabha district informed that the blast comes at a time when preparations are going on for laying foundation stone of the project by Modi during his official visit to Nepal on May 11. As per reports, the project is slated to come into operation by 2020.

It must be noted that this is the second blast within a month in Indian properties in Nepal. Earlier this month on April 17, a pressure cooker bomb went off near the Indian Embassy field office in Biratnagar damaging the walls of the premises.

According to a report by PTI, a Project Development Agreement (PDA) for Arun III was signed with India's state-owned Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) on November 25, 2014 in the presence of the then Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and visiting Indian Prime Minister Modi.

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