Posted on 25 August 2009 by editor
KATHMANDU, Aug 25 - The government has ratified the Bagmati Action Plan proposal submitted by the Bagmati Civilisation Integrated Development Committee (BCIDC) in coordination with the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), UN Habitat and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The government ratified the proposal on Aug. 11, and has accepted the five-year plan as [...]
Posted on 25 August 2009 by editor
एकीकृत नेकपा माओवादीका प्रवत्ता दिनानाथ शर्माले पञ्चेश्वर परियोजना सम्पूर्ण मुलुकका लागि दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण हुने भएकाले यसलाई अघि बढाउन नहुने बताएका छन् । प्रधानमन्त्री माधवकुमार नेपालको आसन्न भारतभ्रमणका क्रममा परियोजना सञ्चालनबारे भारतसँग सहमति हुने बताइएको भए पनि वर्तमान सरकारले त्यसबारे निर्णय गर्न नहुने जिकिर उनले गरे
Posted on 25 August 2009 by editor
By खेम भण्डारी प्रधानमन्त्री माधव नेपालको भारत भ्रमणको ठीक १० दिनअगाडि मात्रै अचानक पञ्चेश्वर र महाकाली नदी चर्चामा आए । माओवादीको चर्को विरोधले कुरा सामसुम भयो । राष्ट्रिय बहसको मञ्चमा झुल्किएको पञ्चेश्वर पर्दाबाट हराउनुभन्दा केही दिनअगाडि मात्रै व्यवस्थापिका संसद्को लेखा समितिले पश्चिम सेतीको सम्झौता मस्यौदाको विषयवस्तुमा गम्भीर प्रश्न उठाएर त्यस परियोजनाको कार्यान्वयनलाई पछाडि धकेलिदियो । नेपालकै मुहार फेर्न सक्ने [...]
Posted on 18 August 2009 by editor
Normal life in various districts has been affected due to the landslides and floods triggered by incessant rainfall on Tuesday. A person has been killed and other four injured due to a landslip in Dadeldhura district this morning. Minor Ganesh Thapa of Amargadi Municipality-5 died after his house collapsed in the landslide, the police informed
Posted on 18 August 2009 by editor
DOHA, Aug 18 - Unified CPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Tuesday stressed that the issue of Pancheswor Hydropower Project should not be finalised during the Prime Minister’s India visit. There are some flaws in the section of water and electricity from the early days, he added. Dahal said so this morning in Doha, Qatar prior to [...]
Posted on 18 August 2009 by editor
Yes, the current stage is not so conducive because there are lot of problems inside the country. The Maoists, now they are out of government, are creating many hurdles here. But we are hopeful things will come to a proper position. In the meantime, we have to do something that will be beneficial for Nepal. That’s why we have a plan to develop our hydropower potential to the maximum extent and for that we need foreign investment, cooperation with India on these matters.
Posted on 07 August 2009 by editor
By Navin Singh Khadka The government has no doubt been given a bloody nose by the renewed criticism of the West Seti hydropower project. But the objections raised by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have also disclosed a stream of uncomfortable details for the major donor, the Asian Development Bank. The multilateral agency has already previously been criticized for [...]
Posted on 04 August 2009 by editor
By माधवकुमार नेपालबहुप्रतिक्षित मेलम्ची खानेपानी आयोजनाको सुरुङ्गमार्गको शिलान्यास भएकोमा मलाई खुसी लागेको छ । उपत्यकाको बढ्दो जनसङ्ख्याका लागि खानेपानी आपर्ूर्तिका सबै विकल्पहरू अपुग भएका छन् । यस अवस्थामा मेलम्ची खानेपानी आयोजना मात्र एउटा भरपर्दो समाधानका रूपमा देखा परेको छ । त्यसै कारण नेपाल सरकारले यस आयोजनालाई प्राथमिकताका साथ अघि बढाएको छ । सरकारको यस कार्यमा आ-आफ्नो ठाउ“बाट [...]
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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