Kathmandu, April 28:  The GMR Group, one of India’s premier infrastructure developers, has run into fresh trouble in Nepal, where it is building a 300-MW hydro power project. From Sunday, villagers in western Nepal’s remote Dailekh and Accham districts have forced GMR to halt the work on the 300-MW Upper Karnali project, saying the Indian company [...]

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When the Maoists-headed government is vowing generation of 10,000 MW of hydropower power in the next 10 years, certainly opposing West Seti is not a logical step in terms of developing Nepal. It is another laughter that few Maoists, including Bhandari brothers, would be standing outside the AGM venue opposing the power project with direct foreign investment, while Maoist ideologue Finance Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai would be yelling for the support from the global financial community. Is not a shame for the nation? People in the venue must pay mercy for the stupidity to those people who are making hue and cry against the national development

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Nepal Rastra Bank Governor Deependra Bahadur Kshetry has said that private sector banks in Nepal have no capacity to invest in big hydropower projects. He said that the private banks don´t have adequate money for long-term investments in such projects. “Currently, the total deposit in commercial banks in our market is worth Rs. 547 billion. [...]

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पूर्वाधारको विकास बिना कुनै पनि विदेशी कम्पनी जलविद्युत् परियोजनाको सर्वेक्षण गर्न दूर्गममा जान नसक्ने नेपालका लागि भारतीय राजदूत राकेश सूदले बताएका छन्।  सुदले सडक पहुँच र प्रसारण लाइनबिना विद्युत परियोजना बनाउन सहज नहुने बताए।  राजधानीमा शनिबारदेखि सुरु भएको दुई दिने अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय जलउर्जा सम्मेलनमा बोल्दै सुदले सो कुरा बताएका हुन्।   नेपाल भारत संयुक्त परियोजनाहरुबाट भारतलाई बढि फाइदा [...]

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Construction works of tunnel and powerhouse of the 14-MW Kulekhani Hydroelectricity Project III have been intensified after the project garnered support from local people and political parties. “We have completed about 10 per cent of the total construction works of the project,” said Shyam Sundar Shrestha, chief of the project. Located at Bhainse Village Development Committee (VDC) [...]

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Kathmandu, 22 April: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has promised to provide a grant assistance of $25.6 million to help restore economic activity in parts of Nepal devastated by last year’s monsoon floods. More than 300,000 people living in the eastern and far western region of the country were seriously affected by the August floods, and [...]

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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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 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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विद्युत प्राधिकरणलाई सुधारका कार्यक्रम सन्चालन गर्न एसियाली विकास बैंकले ५ अर्ब २६ करोड रुपैयाँ ६५ मिलियन डलर अनुदान दिने भएको छ। यो अनुदान रकम प्राधिकरण र सरकारले सन्चालन गर्न लागेको ´पाइलट प्रोजेक्ट´ का लागि दिन लागिएको हो। अनुदान रकम दिन एडिबी सहमत भइसकेको र सम्झौता हुन बाँकी रहेको प्राधिकरणका प्रसारण लाइन विभाग महाप्रबन्धक युगलकिशोर शाहले [...]

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KATHMANDU, April 8: During Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal´s official visit to China early next month, Nepal is going to seek the northern neighbor´s assistance chiefly in four areas: Hydropower, infrastructure, tourism and agricultural cooperation. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Suresh Pradhan told myrepublica.com that China is likely to increase its annual grant assistance to Nepal from [...]

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