KATHMANDU, July 10 - After years of delay, construction of the tunnel that will bring 170 million litres of water per day to the Capital is set to begin in the first week of August. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will lay the foundation stone of the diversion tunnel on August 3. The much-anticipated project, which promises to end the drinking water woes of Kathmandu Valley is expected to be completed in [...]

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SUNSARI, July 12 - Nepal and India on Sunday expressed satisfaction on the timely and satisfactory execution of the repair works at the Koshi embankment that collapsed in last August, rendering over 60,000 people homeless in Nepal and around 2.5 million people in India. "The timely completion of [...]

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KATHMANDU, June 24 - The government on Sunday set up a Project Steering Committee (PSC) and a Project Task Force (PTF) to monitor and accelerate construction of the 750 MW West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHEP). The Department of Electricity Development (DoED) under the Ministry of Energy formed a ten-member PSC and

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KATHMANDU, June 18 - Turkish businessmen and industrialists have expressed interest to invest in Nepal's hydropower and civil aviation. They have, however, set a number of preconditions including peace, security and a conducive investment climate. "They are ready to invest up to US$ 500 million in the initial phase," [...]

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After flood in the Koshi River breached the three temporary cofferdams constructed to alter the river’s course on Tuesday night, the Indian contractor has speeded up reconstruction and repair work on the spurs and embankment from Thursday afternoon. Sheetal Babu Regmi, joint secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), who is at the Koshi site said, Basistha and Basistha, the Indian contractor has started reconstruction and repair work as the water level in the river started decreasing after rain stopped from Thursday afternoon

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The flooded Koshi River breached all three cofferdams (temporary dams or pilot channels built to alter the Koshi's course during reconstruction of the embankment) on Tuesday night, after the water level rose significantly. The breaching of cofferdams has raised serious threats of Koshi havoc this monsoon as reconstruction and repair is still underway at the Koshi site

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With rivers witnessing a slight increase in discharge due to sporadic rainfall, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to marginally reduce power outage hours from next week, an official said on Friday. The cut in outage hours is yet to be worked out. On April 17, the state-owned power monopoly had brought down daily power outage to 12 hours from 16.

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 काठमाडौं, विद्युत् प्राधिकरणले लोडसेडिङ कम गर्न भारतबाट महँगोमा बिजुली किन्ने भएको छ । मंगलबारदेखि वाल्मीकिनगर- रामनगर -नवलपरासी) खण्डबाट ३० मेगावाट बिजुली आयात हुने प्राधिकरणले बताएको छ । पछिल्लोपटक भारतसँग तय भएको दरले प्राधिकरणलाई प्रतियुनिट कम्तीमा डेढ रुपैयाँ घाटा पर्नेछ । यो रकम चुहावटबाहेकको हो । प्राधिकरणका कार्यकारी निर्देशक उत्तरकुमार श्रेष्ठका अनुसार भारतीय बिजुली पmयुल सरचार्जबाहेक प्रतियुनिट भारु [...]

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KATHMANDU, April 9 - Fed up with extended load-shedding hours? Don’t lose hope, for  there’s a ray of hope for the power-starved denizens of Kathmandu Valley. A team of Swiss experts and Nepali engineers are teaming up and conducting a feasibility study to generate electricity from sunlight and connect it to the national grid. Since last [...]

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KATHMANDU, April 7 - Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to cut down the current 14 hours a day load-shedding to some extent within the next couple of days, an official at the NEA said on Tuesday. Sher Singh Bhat, chief of the Systems Operation and Maintenance Department of NEA said, additional power is being generated [...]

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