Govt seeks WB funding for Upper Arun project
The government has asked the World Bank (WB) to construct Upper Arun Hydropower Project (335MW).

GMR resumes works
The Indian infrastructure development company GMR Energy has said that all construction work at the Upper Karnali has now resumed and that all survey-related work on the Upper Marshyangdi II will also start by the end of this week.

No backtrack on Upper Karnali
The government has made it clear that the 300-MW Upper Karnali Hydro Electricity Project (UKHEP) was awarded to the Indian company GMR Consortium as per the decision made by the then-parliamentary committees comprising the representatives of all parties including the UCPN (Maoists).

Upper Trishuli project to begin in 3 months
Work on the 60-MW Upper Trishuli 3 ‘A’ Hydro Electricity Project will start within three months, according to an official.

Nepal's hydel potential pegged at 53,000 MW
Nepal has a potential to generate 53,000 megawatts of hydropower, Prof Narendra Man Shakya, Water Resource Programme Coordinator at the Institute of Engineering, told this daily today.

Mass lay-off puts West Seti in jeopardy
The promoter of West Seti Hydro Project — Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation (SMEC)/ West Seti Hydro — purged 75 per cent of its employees on Wednesday. The project has also shut all the eight information centres in the Far Western region.

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