GMR dispute local: Maoist
UCPN (Maoist) spokesperson Dinanath Sharma has said his party has "no policy" against any ongoing mega hydropower project in the country.

India takes up GMR with Maoist brass
The Indian government has taken up the issue of Maoist threats again the GMR-ITD Consortium, which is developing the 300-MW Upper Karnali Hydroelectric Project in Nepal, with the government and the central Maoist leadership.

GMR factor could hit Nepal
The Indian government has said the UCPN (Maoist) threat to stop work on the 300-MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Project (UKHEP) will have adverse impacts on Indian investment in Nepal .

World Bank invited to invest in Tamakoshi III
The major promoters of 880 Megawatt (MW) capacity Tamakoshi III Hydro Electric Project -- SN Power and Tata Power Corporation -- have formally requested World Bank (WB) Group to invest up to Rs 30 billion in the project.

Electricity tariff to go up soon
The government will soon declare increment in electricity tariff. Energy Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat said that the electricity tariff commission would recommend the increment rate in a “scientific manner”

Govt plans end to power cuts by 2015
The government has floated a plan to end load-shedding by 2015 through in-house generation from mega hydro-projects like the 456 MW Upper Tamakoshi.

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