Posted on 31 March 2009 by editor
Nepal and Norway today signed a memorandum of understanding on developing together Nepal’s hydropower sector and reforming primary education in rural areas. Gyanchandra Acharya, Foreign Secretary of Nepal, and Deputy Secretary General Atle Leikvoll, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, signed the MoU in the presence of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Norway’s Minister for Environment [...]
Posted on 31 March 2009 by editor
By Bhuwan ThapaliyaWhenever 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 [...]
Posted on 27 March 2009 by editor
Indeed, every action fails if there is lack of strong commitment to what we plan. When we aim high, we need to be strongly committed towards our actions, and the goals. For a country like ours, words are seen more vibrant than actions. Same is the case regarding generation of hydropower as targeted by the present government. The power crisis has crippled life of every Nepali citizen. Further, it has become almost as usual for tourists to witness over-dozed load shedding hours in Nepal. It is hard to tell how long electricity comes to our rooms rather than remembering number of power-cut hours in a week!
Posted on 27 March 2009 by editor
BAJURA, March 26 - More than 1600 households of four VDCs in Bajura district now receive electricity thanks to the micro hydro power projects being run by District Energy and Environment Department and Rural Area Development Committee with locals’ partnership. It has been a long time coming for the villagers of Manakot, Pandusen, Kotila and Barhabise [...]
Posted on 25 March 2009 by editor
The engineers, who have been studying for the alternative transmission line (TL) for West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP), have identified a new route. The engineers have studied a route which begins from Talkot of Doti, passes from Jogbudha via Lipna Pass, and connects Bheemdatta Municipality to reach Banbasa of India. The experts team informed about the [...]
Posted on 24 March 2009 by editor
Kavre, March 22 - Discussion on the issue of equitable distribution and opportunity of water was challenging at a time when water scarcity hit the country hard, water experts said. They shed light on the importance of experience sharing to solve the problems and advance the development programmes. They Sunday expressed the view while speaking at a [...]
Posted on 24 March 2009 by editor
KATHMANDU: India has offered to supply 500 MW of hydro electricity power to Nepal to crunch its power crisis. Power Trading Corporation (PTC) Ltd has sent a letter to the Ministry of Water Resources, that it could provide 500 MW power to Nepal in 18 mont hs, according to secretary in the Ministry Mr Shanker [...]
Posted on 22 March 2009 by editor
By Steve HermanAsia is grappling with how to balance its burgeoning demand for energy against protection of the environment and society. The conflict is apparent in some of the region’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, which involve building dams, changing courses of rivers and erecting transmission lines to bring electricity to energy, deprived homes and businesses. An ethnic [...]
Posted on 22 March 2009 by editor
The construction of access road to 309-megawatt Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project (UTHP) gathered momentum with an objective to complete the much-hyped power project on time. The project speeded up the construction work by dividing the assess road from Charikot to Lamabagar into three different sections. Lamabagar, the construction site of the project, is 68 kilometres [...]
Posted on 22 March 2009 by editor
The government needs to simplify the legal provisions related to hydropower projects and environment for the smooth progress of hydropower projects, suggested a study report prepared by Independent Power Producers’ Association Nepal (IPPAN). The report — ‘Legal Provisions on Forest and Environment related to Hydropower’ — raised the issue that the existing legal provision requires [...]
By Hari Bansh Jha
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 [...]
The meeting of the Joint Commission on Water Resources is scheduled for the first week of November and is to be followed soon after by ministerial-level talks that will take up all issues relating to the setting up of the Pancheshwar Development Authority and reach a conclusion. We have informally agreed to locate PDA headquarters in Nepal
By Sudheer Raj Sharma Dhakal
The well-versed 750 MW West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP) is once again capturing major energy headlines in both the print and electronic media of Nepal. Looked as a porthole for the development of the Far Western Development Region (FWDR) that has received the least development privilege, this project has been lingering for more than a [...]
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