KATHMANDU, July 13 - The government has decided to formulate programmes to develop 25,000 MW in the next two decades. The previous government led by UCPN (Maoist) had projected development of 10,000 MW in the next ten years. The allocated budget for hydropower is Rs. 14 billion 690 million for this fiscal year. This marks a 131 percent rise compared to the revised estimates of the previous fiscal year. Construction work at the 130 MW [...]

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KATHMANDU, July 14: The UML-led government has set an ambitious target of generating 25,000 MW of hydroelectricity in the next two decades, much above the past Maoist-led government´s target of generating 10,000 MW of power in 10 years. Towards that target, the government has allocated a budget of Rs 14.69 billion for the electricity sector for the coming fiscal, up by 131 percent from the revised budget for the sector in the [...]

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Hydropower is the sector government should seriously think of developing for the overall development of Nepal . Indeed, the development of other sectors like industry, services, agriculture, tourism etc is not possible without power. Sustainable and accelerated hydropower development in Nepal largely depends on the creation of an investment friendly climate. The budget therefore should address the following concerns of the [...]

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India and Nepal have agreed to hold the much-delayed Power Exchange Committee meeting in the first week of August. The meeting will decide how the two sides will utilize the 30 MW additional power supply from India. The Indian government agreed to provide the additional 30 MW of power to Nepal Friday, as requested by the government of Nepal in April when [...]

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The Independent Power Producers' Association of Nepal (IPPAN) has urged the government to come up with a plan to stop disturbances that obstruct the operation of hydropower projects. At a meeting with Minister for Energy Prakash Sharan Mahat on Friday, a delegation of IPPAN submitted to the minister a memorandum that condemned the obstructing of hydropower projects by locals. Recently, [...]

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India agreed to provide an additional 30 MW of power to Nepal Friday, as requested by the government of Nepal in April when the country was facing an acute power shortage and loadshedding of up to 18 hours daily. However, both the Ministry of Energy and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) have said that the Indian government´s nod is now too late as Nepal no longer faces heavy loadshedding. The request was made for April and May, [...]

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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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After the government split the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) into two ministries The Ministry of Energy (MoE) and Ministry of Irrigation - the former has been facing legal and policy level hurdles that are affecting its day-to-day work. Work at MoE has been affected due to absence of clear directives for the new minister as well as authorities under the ministry, as dozens of regulations and Acts [...]

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Hydro Solutions Kathmandu is planning to generate 163 MW electricity from the Kaligandaki River at Narchyang Village Development Committe of Myagdi district. "Upon the completion, the Kaligandaki Gorge Hydroelectricity Project will be the biggest project in the country," informed Kumar Pandey, technology [...]

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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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