Kathmandu: The Nepal Government will import
30 MW of power from India to meet its current electricity
demands.
"The Government has taken initiative to import 30 MW
power from India to meet the current electricity demands," the
country`s Minister for Energy, Prakash Sharan Mahat said.
Talks in this regard have already been started with the
authorities concerned in India, he said.
The Minister said that the government is also planning to
generate 50 MW power from thermal plants with the assistance
of World Bank and upgrade the capacity of its existing power
projects to meet the short-term demands.
The Government is also planning to declare its oldest
hydropower project as museum, Mahat said.
The 500 KW Pharping hydropower project was built by ruler
Chandra Shumsher Rana in 1908.
The project, the second oldest in South Asia, is second
only to Darjeeling`s power project.
He said the government is also planning to observe the
centenary of the power project by organising an energy
festival in Pharping area situated in the south of Kathmandu.
The project site will be developed as a tourist
destination with a live museum, he said.
Bureau Report
