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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The West Seti Concern Society (WSCS) on Tuesday said that its serious attention had been drawn towards news reports regarding the visit of the Fact Finding Mission (FFM) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its consultations with the ‘concerned people’ about the project. The WSCS claimed that the Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation (SMEC) that has undertaken the responsibility of carrying out survey and feasibility study on the project had neglected the concerned local stakeholder.The Society criticised the SMEC that the latter had not been disseminating all the facts and information about the project to the local people since the very beginning. Talking to The Rising Nepal, Bhim Bhandari of WSCS said that although they were invited to the meeting with the visiting ADB team

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he company tasked with commissioning the 309-MW Upper Tamakoshi Hydro Electric Project (UTHEP) has decided to upgrade it to a 456-MW project by injecting Rs 3 billion more. Earlier, the estimated cost of the 309-MW project was Rs. 30 billion. Nepali investors have already pledged Rs. 21 billion for the project. According to Mrigendra Shrestha, project manager, UTHEP, "This is the cheapest hydropower project in the country." He ruled out the possibility of such cheap project in the near future. Generally, it takes Rs. 15 crore to generate one MW. The working committee of UTHEP recently decided to increase the project capacity by 147-MW. Shrestha said the committee had decided to increase energy generation capacity after it was revealed that only Rs. 3 billion more would be needed to add relevant infrastructure for the same

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सरकारले विद्युत संकटकाल घोषणा गरेको छ । भएका साना-ठूला उद्योगको उत्पादन क्षमता -ब्युल्ट इन फेक्सिबिलिटी) करिब ३० प्रतिशतभन्दा कममा झरेका छन् । ऊर्जाको अभाव र ज्याला विवादको कारण उद्योग व्यवस्थापन खर्च बढेर भएका उद्योगहरू धराशायी हुँदैछन् । उद्योगमन्त्रीले मुलुकमा औद्योगिक संकटकाल घोषणा गर्ने तयारी भइरहेको बताएकी छिन् पनि । यो ऊर्जा संकटले अर्थतन्त्रमा दूरगामी नकारात्मक प्रभाव पार्ने त छँदैछ

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We ignore it because we share with all societies at all times the capacity for not seeing what we do not wish to see… But while our failure to notice can be explained, it cannot be excused. ‘Poverty’, William Pitt (British Prime Minister from 1783-1801 and again in 1804 and 1805) exclaimed, ‘is no disgrace but it is damn annoying.’ In the contemporary United States it is not annoying, it is a disgrace

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The reduction of load-shedding from 108 hours to 96 hours a week does not bring any substantial change to the lives of Nepalis. After all, power outages have merely been brought down from 16 to 14 hours per day. The two extra hours of power mostly come on in the dead of night, when a majority of the country's inhabitants are already asleep. But still, the very fact that blackouts have decreased, however insignificantly, provides a psychological boost to the nation's citizens, giving a sense that the worst is over

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बहुचर्चित जलाशययुक्त आयोजना पश्चिम सेती -७५० मेगावाट) बारे टुंगोमा पुग्नलाई अध्ययन गर्न एसियाली विकास बैंक -एडीबी) को मिसन काठमाडौं आएको छ । मिसनले दिने जानकारीबाट मार्चमा हुने एडीबी बोर्डले पश्चिम सेतीमा लगानीसम्बन्धी निर्णय गर्नेछ । मिसनले पश्चिम सेतीबारे सरकार, निजी क्ष्ाेत्र र विभिन्न सरोेकारवालासँग अन्तर्त्रिmया गरिरहेको छ । पश्चिम सेतीमा एडीबीको प्रमुख लगानी छ । सरकारले पनि एडीबीबाटै ऋण लिएर आयोजनामा १५ प्रतिशत लगानी गर्ने निर्णय गरेको छ । मिसनमा एडीबीका प्रतिनिधि सोतारो साकाकी, जोसिल्यान इरलिन्डा, काउरु ओगनिनो र सातातो सासाकीलगायतका छन्

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The Kaligandaki ‘A’ hydro project started in 1997 and was supposed to generate power by 2001, but construction began four years later in 2004. Similar is the story of Mid-Marsyangdi. The construction of this hydro project began in 2001. It was supposed to start generating electricity within fours years. But after prolonged delay, the project came into operation only at the end of 2008. What these two projects show is just the tip of the iceberg. Hydropower constructions in Nepal are painfully slow. The sluggishness however is not accidental but deliberate. Locals want all of their demands to be addressed when a hydropower project is set up in their locality, Khanal said. “If the project is treated solely as a medium to fulfil all the demands of locals then it is sure that investment in hydropower projects in our country

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विभिन्न परीक्षाका माध्यमबाट १० जना सञ्चार तथा परामर्श्र्ााधिकृत र ५ जना वैकल्पिक उम्मेदवारहरूको छनोट गरिएको छनोट कार्यमा संलग्न स्वतन्त्र व्यावसायिक संस्था रियल सोलुसन्स् प्रा.लि. ले हिजो जानकारी दिएको छ । सो संस्थाले २०६५ श्रावणमा गरिएको दरखास्त आव्हान र त्यसयता स्थानीय समुदायका प्रतिनिधि र आयोजनाका प्रतिनिधिहरूसमेतको पर्यवेक्षणमा सम्पन्न भएका परीक्षाका माध्यमबाट ती अधिकृतहरूको छनोट गरेको हो

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जलस्रोतको विकासका बारेमा विभिन्न धारणा र प्रवृत्तिहरू देशभित्र देखापरेका छन् । यस्ता धारणा र प्रवृत्तिहरूबीचको फरक नितान्त व्यावसायिक बहस मात्र होइन त्यस्तो बहसले राजनीति, सडक र सदनलाई तताउनेदेखि परियोजनाहरू निर्माणको विरोध र सङ्घर्षसम्ममा पुर्या्एको छ । यस्तो सङ्घर्षको परिधि राष्ट्रिय सीमालाई नाघेर क्षेत्रीय र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय स्तरमा पनि पुगेको छ । हुन पनि जलस्रोतको विषयमा यस्तो [...]

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