Nepal will have a chance to export more hydroelectricity to India as the southern neighbour introduces a new rule allowing Indian distributors to incorporate imported hydropower into the renewable energy quota set for them. In a new notification issued last week, India’s power ministry set a new quota of renewable energy that distribution companies should...
Category: Infrastructure / Energy
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India agrees to pump more money into Pancheshwar
India has agreed in principle to invest more for the development of the Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project, a move that could pave the way for the development of the mega bilateral undertaking, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. With the southern neighbour benefiting more from the project’s development,...
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Narrow Indian lens
India’s concerns over Chinese influence in Nepal are starting to border on paranoia. The Nepali political class and the bureaucracy are well aware of India’s security sensitivities—as they should be. Nepal cannot ignore India’s vital interests as it pursues its relations with other global actors. Yet as a sovereign and independent country, it also reserves...
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Chinese envoy to Nepal says Chinese airlines preparing to conduct direct flights to Pokhara and Bhairahawa
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song has said that Chinese airlines are preparing to launch direct flights to the newly-built airports in Pokhara and Bhairahawa. In response to the request made by Finance Minister Barsha Man Pun at his office in Singha Durbar on Tuesday, Ambassador Chen underlined the need for permits for an air...
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नेपालले चीनसँग ठूला परियोजना निर्माणका लागि आग्रह गर्नुपर्छ : नेपाली राजदूत श्रेष्ठ
काठमाडौँ — नेपालका लागि चीनका राजदूत विष्णुपुकार श्रेष्ठले ठूला परियोजना निर्माणका लागि चीनलाई आग्रह गर्नुपर्ने बताएका छन् । उपप्रधान तथा परराष्ट्रमन्त्री नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठको आइतबारदेखि हुने नौ दिने भ्रमणको सन्दर्भमा उनले नेपालले ठूला परियोजनामा सहयोग हुने वातावरण बनाउनु पर्ने बताए । नेपालले चीनसँग ठूला परियोजना निर्माणका लागि आग्रह गर्नुपर्छ : नेपाली राजदूत श्रेष्ठश्रेष्ठले इकान्तिपुरसँग कुराकानीमा परराष्ट्रमन्त्रीको...
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Nepal and China to renew talks on cross-border transmission lines
Building a pair of Nepal-China cross-border transmission lines will again be on the agenda of a bilateral Joint Working Group meeting scheduled for later this month, two officials of the Nepal Electricity Authority said. The meeting of the Joint Working Group comprising representatives of the NEA and the State Grid Corporation of China is scheduled...
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China assures Dahal six key projects will be expedited
Amid criticism that Chinese-funded projects have not made desired progress in Nepal and Beijing has failed to adhere to past agreements and accords, China has recently communicated its intent to expedite at least half a dozen projects across multiple sectors.“During a meeting this week with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen...
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सिद्धबाबा सुरुङ निर्माण २ वर्षमा १२ प्रतिशत मात्रै
काठमाडौँ — सिद्धार्थ राजमार्गअन्तर्गत पाल्पाको सिद्धबाबा सुरुङ मार्गको ठेक्का सम्झौता भएको दुई वर्ष बित्न लाग्दा पनि निर्माणको कामले गति लिन सकेको छैन । पाँच वर्षभित्र निर्माण सक्ने गरी २०७८ फागुनमा ठेक्का सम्झौता भएकोमा अहिलेसम्म भौतिक प्रगति १२ प्रतिशत मात्र छ । बल्ल उत्तर र दक्षिणतर्फ सुरुङको पोर्टल (मुख) बनाउन थालिए पनि सुरुङ खन्ने काम भने सुरु नै...
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चिनियाँले लिएका परियोजनामा समस्यैसमस्या
चिनियाँ कम्पनीले ठेक्का लिएका नारायणगढ–बुटवल सडकखण्ड विस्तार, तराई/मधेश द्रुतमार्गमा सुरुङ निर्माण, कञ्चनपुर–कमला सडक निर्माण, स्याफ्रुबेंसी–रसुवागढी सडक खण्ड, चक्रपथ विस्तार, टोखा–छहरे सुरुङमार्ग, पृथ्वी राजमार्गको मुग्लिङ–पोखरा सडकखण्ड स्तरोन्नति, रसुवागढी–केरुङ प्रसारण लाइनलगायतको भौतिक प्रगति निराशाजनकमाघ १५, २०८०विमल खतिवडा, जगदीश्वर पाण्डे263SHARES काठमाडौँ — सडक पूर्वाधारमा सबैभन्दा बढी ठेक्का लिनेमा चिनियाँ कम्पनी छन् । तर, तिनले लिएका प्रायः ठेक्काको प्रगति भने...
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How India edged China out of Nepal’s hydropower sector
Abhishek DeyTIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: Jan 13, 2024, 19:02 IST ISTEven though China and India have long jostled for influence in Nepal, and have invested billions of dollars in hydro projects over the last decade, the dynamics now seem to be shifting in New Delhi’s favour due to a policy shift in 2018 India and Nepal signed a...