It was on 12 February 1996 that the the Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the then Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narsimha Rao signed an agreement on the integrated development of the Mahakali river in Delhi. The Pancheshwor Project under the Treaty was expected to produce 6,000 MW of hydro-power with the investment cost [...]

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I would like to quote John F. Kennedy who said, “One who solves the problem of water is worth two Nobel prizes; one for peace and one for science.” It’s been over three decades since Kennedy expressed his view over the gravity of the problem related to water. However, it seems that our leaders still consider it child’s play. The problems related to water are multidimensional —economic, social and political. Even the immediate cause of World War II was related to water —the issue of access to the Polish Shipping Corridor

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The issues of Pancheshwor and Mahakali rivers were suddenly raised only the exact ten days before Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal’s visit to India. But the issues became opaque and calmed down due to the strong opposition of Maoists. Before bringing down the curtain on the serious talks-demanding national agenda of Pancheshwor, just some days [...]

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प्रधानमन्त्री माधव नेपालको भारत भ्रमणको ठीक १० दिनअगाडि मात्रै अचानक पञ्चेश्वर र महाकाली नदी चर्चामा आए । माओवादीको चर्को विरोधले कुरा सामसुम भयो । राष्ट्रिय बहसको मञ्चमा झुल्किएको पञ्चेश्वर पर्दाबाट हराउनुभन्दा केही दिनअगाडि मात्रै व्यवस्थापिका संसद्को लेखा समितिले पश्चिम सेतीको सम्झौता मस्यौदाको विषयवस्तुमा गम्भीर प्रश्न उठाएर त्यस परियोजनाको कार्यान्वयनलाई पछाडि धकेलिदियो । नेपालकै मुहार फेर्न सक्ने [...]

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बहुप्रतिक्षित मेलम्ची खानेपानी आयोजनाको सुरुङ्गमार्गको शिलान्यास भएकोमा मलाई खुसी लागेको छ । उपत्यकाको बढ्दो जनसङ्ख्याका लागि खानेपानी आपर्ूर्तिका सबै विकल्पहरू अपुग भएका छन् । यस अवस्थामा मेलम्ची खानेपानी आयोजना मात्र एउटा भरपर्दो समाधानका रूपमा देखा परेको छ । त्यसै कारण नेपाल सरकारले यस आयोजनालाई प्राथमिकताका साथ अघि बढाएको छ । सरकारको यस कार्यमा आ-आफ्नो ठाउ“बाट [...]

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नेपाली भूमिभित्रै बिजुली निकाल्ने पश्चिम सेती आयोजनाबाट सुदूरपश्चिमका जनताले भने यथासक्य बढी लाभ उठाउनु जरुरी छ तर, हाम्रो मात्र लाभ हेर्दा आयोजना नै बन्न नसक्ने अवस्था चाहिँ आउनु हुँदैन। सुदूरपश्चिम विकास क्षेत्र विकासको मूलप्रवाहबाट सधैं पछाडि परिरह्यो, पारिइरह्यो। [...]

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436 tons of waste is generated everyday in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. This can generate about 184 MW electricity everyday. Definitely the conversion technology with cleaning mechanism is costly but the cost needs to be looked at the waste management perspective and also the cost of electricity generation. New heat intense processing industrial area can [...]

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Whenever two Nepalese meet these days, load shedding  is the first topic of their conversation. And why wouldn’t it be, after all Nepalese are dancing to the tune of the load shedding, 16 hours a day.  My new wife, normally a quiet person, who speaks only when spoken to, teased me a week ago. “I brought [...]

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Primary thing to understand is that export of electricity produced in Nepal to India is normal economic activity. Until the two countries finalize the agreement on sharing water, distribution water resources in the eyes of international laws will not be finalized. That is why it was very clear that this project needed no approval from parliament or constituent assembly. The court has made it clearer

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The case of Nepal is, however, different. Most of the projects that have been already signed and others that are under consultation are not similar to Bhutan. Unfortunately, it would be no wonder if these pundits recommend inviting the Indian army for the protection of the projects built by India in the future in the name of security. The obvious fact with Bhutan is that it has already kicked out more than 47 per cent of its citizens who are of ethnic Nepali origin, and that is the best way to increase the per capita income of the people. Geographically also Bhutan is different than Nepal. Bhutan does not have plain land, and does not need water for irrigation and for other purposes.

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