The major
political parties today vowed to prioritise developing energy to meet the
increasing demand.
Addressing an interaction organised by
Independent Power Producers' Association-Nepal (IPPAN) here today, former ministers
underlined the need to forge national consensus to develop the hydropower in
the country.
"Nepali
Congress aims at ending the current power outage in the country within the next
three years," said former water resources minister and Nepali Congress
(NC) central member Laxman Ghimire. The party also aims at utilising immense
potentiality of water resources to generate power also for export purpose.
"CPN-UML
emphasises on developing small hydropower projects for domestic consumption
while mega projects for export purposes," said
former water resources minister and CPN-UML leader Pradeep Nepal, on the occasion. His party CPN-UML had obstructed the construction of Arun III that the World Bank was planning to develop. But after almost a decade Arun III has been resurrected and Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam – an Indian state-owned hydropower company – is going to develop it.
former water resources minister and CPN-UML leader Pradeep Nepal, on the occasion. His party CPN-UML had obstructed the construction of Arun III that the World Bank was planning to develop. But after almost a decade Arun III has been resurrected and Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam – an Indian state-owned hydropower company – is going to develop it.
The country
can be economically prosperous, if the abundant water resources can be utilised
through political consensus, he added.
Likewise, a
leader of Terai Madhes Democratic Party Ratneshwor Kayastha, on the occasion, underlined
the need to develop storage-based hydropower projects to meet the energy demand.
Energy has become one of
the important agenda in the election campaign for the political parties as the
country is still reeling under eight hours of scheduled power outage hitting not
only the industrialisation of the country but also making the country depended
on imported fossil fuel.
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