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Press articles (used media abbreviations) (see also link collection on water)

Practising the idea (ht 30/04/2008)

WB officials meet PM, Prachanda; assure help in hydropower sector (nn 29/04/2008)

NEA likely to reduce power outage hours (ht 27/04/2008), NEA reduces load shedding hours by more than half (nn 28/04/2008), Load-shedding hours cut (ht 29/04/2008)

Micro hydro project renovation starts (ht 24/04/2008)

Reform in power sector stressed (kp 23/04/2008), Look for alternative to hydropower: Experts (ht 23/04/2008)

Load-shedding hits industries hard, by Arun Gyawali (ht 21/04/2008)

Load-shedding hours may go up again (kp 15/04/2008), NEA to continue 42-hrs weekly load shedding (kp 16/04/2008)

Bright ideas, by Kamal Raj Dhungel (kp 12/04/2008)

India helps rehabilitate hydro project (ht 04/04/2008)

Budhi Gandaki: Let’s do it, by Prabesh Paudyal (kp 02/04/2008)

All Eyes are on the Supreme Court: The Fate of the West Seti Project, by AB Thapa (sp 28/03/2008)

PIL against Water Resources Act, 1992 (ht 21/03/2008)

Quickest, Cheapest and Easy Way to Solve Power Shortage Crisis: Upper Karnali Development in Stages, by AB Thapa (sp 21/03/2008)

Pvt sector hydel projects more cost effective, by Bikash Sabgraula (kp 17/03/2008), Costly power (kp 18/03/2008)

NEA’s Rs 1.5b power bonds sold out (kp 15/03/2008)

Ridiculous handling of water resources: My Humble Effort to Make a Few Corrections, by AB Thapa (sp 14/03/2008)

21 firms interested in 600 MW Budhi Gandaki (kp 11/03/2008)

Projects for 105mw with Chinese funds, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/03/2008), China to provide fund for two hydropower projects (nn 07/03/2008)

Supreme Court must consifer all facts: Nepal Going to be Robbed of Vast Upper Karnali Potential, by AB Thapa (sp 07/03/2008), A-G defends Upper Karnali project in Supreme Court (ht 13/03/2008), SC clears path for Upper Karnali hydel project (ht 14/03/2008)

Ministries waffle over gifted hydro project, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 06/03/2008)

Alternative Energy Sources, by G.K. Pakavath (rn 04/03/2008)

MoU signed with Sutlej for Arun-III (kp 03/03/2008), Govt signs MoU awarding Arun III to Sutlej (nn 03/03/2008

Power cuts down by 6 hrs a week (kp 29/02/2008)

Amendment of Gandak Treaty must precede Buri-Gandaki project implementation, by AB Thapa (sp 29/02/2008)

Develop Devghat hydro: Locals, by Binod Tripathi (kp 27/02/2008)

Load-shedding adds to water woes of Lalitpur folk (ht 26/02/2008), Power outage forces cinemas to cut shows (ht 26/02/2008)

Darkness Grows Beneath Everest: Electricity still a problem in Nepal, by Bhuwan Thapaliya (on 23/02/2008)

Nepali private sector to build 100 MW project, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 22/02/2008), Domestic developers set sight on Kaligandaki Gorge project (nn 22/02/2008), Power to people (kp 23/02/2008)

Oslo seminar on Nepal’s hydropower (kp 18/02/2008)

Uncertainties About Upper Tama-Kosi Project, by AB Thapa (sp 15/02/2008)

India positive on providing Nepal 40 MW: Request for another 20 MW from Tanakpur (kp 12/02/2008), ‘No alternative to power purchase from India’ (kp 15/02/2008)

NEA to issue Rs 1.5b power bond Thursday (kp 11/02/2008), Power bonds to be floated (nn 11/02/2008), Bond is back (kp 12/02/2008)

Power plant rusts while power cut takes its toll (kp 10/02/2008)

Karnali people robbed of vast water wealth: Suicidal Upper Karnali Hydropower Deal, by AB Thapa (sp 08/02/2008), Show cause issued on Upper Karnali deal (kp 23/02/2008)

CNI warns of one-third productivity loss to power cuts (kp 07/02/2008)

Sutlej to decide on Arun III today (kp 06/02/2008), Agrees to all conditions: Sutlej certain to land Arun III, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 09/02/2008)

Impact Of Load Shedding, by Ahanker man Singh (rn 06/02/2008)

Power crisis to worsen for next 5 yrs: House panel for crisis mgmt, tough measures (kp 05/02/2008)

Kulekhani turbine repair after a month (kp 05/02/2008)

400 factories not to pay NEA demand charges (kp 05/02/2008)

Negotiations begin for Arun III (kp 04/02/2008), Arun III negotations on (kp 05/02/2008)

Locals demand 33 pc share of Chilime hydro (kp 03/02/2008)

Consumers to face up to 8 hours of power cuts now (nn 01/02/2008) [46 hours of power cut per week now!!!]

Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation Must Speak: West Seti high dam controversy, by AB Thapa (sp 01/02/2008)

NEA does it (kp 31/01/2008)

Upper Tamakoshi closer to realization (kp 30/01/2008)

Hydropower: A Corner Stone for Nepal’s Development, by Gyanendra Lal Pradhan (tg 30/01/2008)

‘PPA rate soo for up to 10 MW projects’ (kp 26/01/2008)

GMR lands 300 MW Upper Karnali, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 25/01/2008)

"Next Generation Will Not Have To Suffer Load Shedding", interview with Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Minister of Water Resources (sp 26/01/2008)

Transmission lines: Choked Infrastructure, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 25/01/2008)

Water Resources Ministry’s Horrifying Decision: devastation of Kosi Project potential, by AB Thapa (sp 25/01/2008)

India to provide only 15 MW of promised 40 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 22/01/2008)

NRN's plans to invest in hydro-electricity sector goes kaput (nn 21/01/2008)

Ministry starts talks with GMR for Upper Karnali (kp 21/01/2008)

Transmission line construction to begin (nn 17/01/2008)

SMEC to clarify West Seti stance by Jan-end (kp 17/01/2008)

36-hours a week of load shedding from Thursday (nn 09/01/2008), 36 hours a week load shedding from today (kp 10/01/2008)

Pie in the sky, by Ratna Sansar Shrestha (kp 09/01/2008)

EPF set to invest Rs 12b in Upper Tamakoshi, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 08/01/2008), Dolakha folks welcome Upper Tamakoshi, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 09/01/2008)

AEPC gets Rs 32m for cutting CO2 emission (kp 08/01/2008)

124 MW free energy sought from Arun III, Upper Karnali One project per developer (kp 07/01/2008), Upper karnali project : Govt to award licence to bidder offering 12MW free power (ht 07/01/2008)

Minister says Arun III, Upper Karnali will proceed despite Maoist opposition (nn 06/01/2008)

Govt to set up one lakh biogas plants in 3 years (ht 06/01/2008)

Minister promises 5,000 MW in 10 years (nn 06/01/2008) [??]

15 hrs a week power cut from Sunday (kp 05/01/2008), Load shedding hours to increase (nn 05/01/2008), Factories bearing the brunt of load-shedding: Having to put up with a loss of over Rs 10 million every day (ht 06/01/2008)

West Seti negotiation on Jan 6 (kp 02/01/2008)

Criteria change for awarding Arun III, Upper Karnali (kp 31/12/2007)

More Bio-gas projects as CDM (kp 30/12/2007)

West Seti: ‘10 pc free energy, else re-bidding’ (kp 28/12/2007), West Seti: Who gives a dam?, by Rabin Subedi and Ratan Bhandari (kp 29/12/2007)

Nepal’s power grid saturated, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 27/12/2007)

Govt panel invites SMEC to renegotiate West Seti (kp 25/12/2007)

Solar power lights up 250 Lamjung houses (kp 21/12/2007)

Power cuts increase to 6 hours a week: Another increase in two weeks (kp 18/12/2007)

House panel grills Water Resources Ministry (kp 03/12/2007)

China set to finance controversial dam, by Yuki Tanabe (kp 23/11/2007)

Energy consumption in rural Nepal, by Navaraj Pokharel (ht 22/11/2007)

Consumers to face upto 4 hours of power cuts (nn 20/11/2007)

$ 300m loan for tapping 125 MW (kp 17/11/2007)

Load-shedding to be Late by Few Weeks, by Razen Manandhar (ht 14/11/2007)

Govt to resettle West Seti-hit people (kp 31/10/2007)

Kulekhani area locals want more royalty, by Pratap Bista (kp 27/10/2007)

Karnali Ujyalo program still in the dark, by Tularam Pandey (kp 18/10/2007)

Nation plunges into darkness (samn 11/10/2007)

WB to fund biogas plants in rural Nepal (nn 04/10/2007)

Gandak hydro shut down (kp 01/10/2007)

Kulekhani reservoir level maximum (kp 29/09/2007)

Chamelia, Raghughat on fast track: Funds pour in for projects worth 57 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 28/09/2007)

$1.9 m rural energy project signed (kp 25/09/2007)

Thoppal Khola hydro completed (kp 25/09/2007)

Biogas development in Nepal, by Surendra Lal Shrestha (kp 23/09/2007)

Bankers keen on hydros (kp 18/09/2007)

Power summit from today (nn 17/09/2007)

PTC to start financial services firm (kp 17/09/2007)

Disoriented Water Policy and IPPAN, by AB Thapa (sp 14/09/2007)

Hydro license fee hiked, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 13/09/2007)

Why electricity is costlier in Nepal?, by Shree Prakash Jang Rana (sp 07/09/2007)

Hydropower component axed: Controversy Surrounding Melamchi Project, by AB Thapa (sp 07/09/2007)

Politics block power projects with India (Gulf Times 02/09/2007), India, Nepal fail to finalise power project (Gulf Times 08/09/2007)

Govt to get tough on non-performing hydro licensees, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 25/08/2007), Massive hike in hydro license fee this week, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 27/08/2007), Encouraging move (kp 28/08/2007)

Karbali project comparable to three gorges project of China, by AB Thapa (sp 24/08/2007)

NEA trying to raise funds for Tamakoshi (samn 24/08/2007)

Power outage to intensify in future (samn 22/08/2007), Eleven hours of daily load shedding in the offing (nn 24/08/2007), 11 hrs daily power cuts in offing, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 24/08/2007)

Govt decision on power projects on cards (samn 18/08/2007), Tender to be invited for 396 MWs (kp 20/08/2007)

Khimti workers intensify stir (kp 17/08/2007), 60 MW Khimti faces closure, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 19/08/2007), Agitators continue stir at Khimti, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 20/08/2007), Khimti strike (kp 20/08/2007)

NEA’s loss down from Rs 2.47 b to Rs 320 m (kp 16/08/2007)

750 Mw West Seti and far western region, by SB Pun (kp 15/08/2007)

Dam, dams and damn, by Shyam KC (kp 13/08/2007)

Fate of India-Nepal power agreement hangs in balance (Gulf Times 11/08/2007)

Petition against West Seti (kp 10/08/2007)

Water resources strategy falls short of targets, by Tirtha L Bhusal (kp 09/08/2007)

Mid-Marshyangdi to be delayed by two years (nn 08/08/2007)

Power in principle, by Aneesh Lohani (kp 01/08/2007)

Chilime to cap price for next 4.5 yrs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 29/07/2007)

Phemekhola hydro into operation (kp 29/07/2007)

West Seti hydro-power development, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 26/07/2007), Nepal Bar, Interim Constitution and West Seti Project Controversy, by AB Thapa (sp 27/07/2007)

Hydel plant destroyed (samn 25/07/2007)

400 KW hydel plant for Khimti folk (samn 20/07/2007)

Indian Firm 'Bags' Arun III, Upper Karnali (sp 13/07/2007), GMR to lose either Arun III or Upper Karnali, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 20/07/2007)

SMEC may consider offering free energy, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/07/2007), West Seti project likely to start in Nov (samn 07/07/2007), Nepal’s biggest power project to take off (Peninsula 08/07/2007), Construction of 750-MW West Seti hydel to start by year-end (NN 08/07/2007), Parliament approves govt decision on West Seti (nn 19/07/2007), Govt to abide by House instruction to get free power from West Seti (nn 20/07/2007), SMEC ready for ‘workable solution’, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 22/07/2007)

White gold: Brace yourselves for a flashflood of new hydropower projects, by Kunda Dixit (nt 06/07/2007)

German bank to release Marsyangdi funds (samn 05/07/2007)

WB, AEPC sign agreement for hydro power project (nn 01/07/2007)

Solar heaters popular in Valley (samn 30/06/2007)

Naumure or Bhalubang site for high dam: West Rapti Project, by AB Thapa (sp 29/06/2007)

Works at Mid-Marsyangdi hydel come to a halt (nn 29/06/2007), Mid-Marsyangdi work resumes (samn 01/07/2007)

Power project rules in for a change (samn 28/06/2007)

Meet on West Seti on Monday (samn 24/06/2007), Parties for free energy from West Seti (kp 26/06/2007), Govt ignores house panel's concern (samn 26/06/2007)

Electrification of 4 Lalitpur villages (samn 24/06/2007)

$169,000 aid for micro hydro project (kp 22/06/2007)

Remote village uses free electricity (samn 18/06/2007)

NEA's unpaid account rises to Rs 780 million (kp 17/06/2007)

EU to help Nepal on renewable energy (nn 15/06/2007)

Awarding hydropower survey licenses, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 14/06/2007), Learning lessons, by Ranjit Acharya (kp 14/06/2007)

Nepal to buy additional 40 MW power from India (nn 09/06/2007), India to offer Nepal another 40 MWs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 09/06/2007)

Japan to provide $60 m for construction of New Kawasoti Sub-station (nn 08/06/2007)

Nepal-India power exchange committee meet kicks off in Kathmandu (nn 07/06/2007)

Govt wants NRN investment in hydro power (samn 06/06/2007)

Nepal to get peanuts from West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 04/06/2007), We will renegotiate West Seti: Mahat, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 05/06/2007), Unfair deal (kp 05/06/2007), Govt to seek free power from West Seti (kp 08/06/2007), Minister seeks help on West Seti Project (samn 08/06/2007), House panel asks govt to clarify on Seti (samn 13/06/2007)

Setidobhan hydel project neglected (samn 03/06/2007)

NEA apathy keeps power plant shut (samn 01/06/2007)

Water level dips at Kulekhani (kp 29/05/2007)

Locals block water to Puwakhola project (samn 27/05/2007)

Small hydel projects (samn 24/05/2007)

Light-sensitive switches for street lights (kp 21/05/2007)

Planning Commission Turning a Blind Eye: Great Loss of the Upper Karnali Hydro Potential, by AB Thapa (sp 18/05/2007)

Locals unite to illuminate village (samn 14/05/2007)

Nepal could be deceived: West Seti Project, by AB Thapa (sp 11/05/2007), Few more international than West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 20/05/2007)

Community hydropower supporting colleges (samn 11/05/2007)

NEA seeks hydropower policy (samn 11/05/2007)

No 2 mega projects for single firm (samn 09/05/2007)

What Nepal gets from Arun III, Upper Karnali?, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/05/2007)

Hydro project down over 6 years (samn 06/05/2007)

5,000 MW more in a decade? (kp 05/05/2007)

Projects worth 885 MW get licenses (kp 30/04/2007), Decide projects in hydro by consensus: House committee (kp 01/05/2007), Smart deals (kp01/05/2007), Politics pip Indian firm's hydropower bid in Nepal, by Sudeshna Sarkar (Earth Times 02/05/2007)

Budhi Gandaki shelved: GMR Group suggested for Arun III, Upper Karnali, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 28/04/2007)

Bio-gas project awaits CDM approval, by Pragati Shahi (kp 28/04/2007)

Govt decides to invest in West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 26/04/2007)

Locals padlock Upper Tamakoshi project office (kp 19/04/2007)

Could ethanol be used as a transport fuel?, by Devi Dutta Paudyal (kp 15/04/2007)

India can give only 35 MWs more to Nepal (kp 14/04/2007)

Power supply hit (samn 14/04/2007)

Set up big power plants to meet crying demand for energy: Experts recommend at seminar (Daily Star 13/04/2007)

Micro hydro in memory of Ghunsa victims, by Dharma Poudel (kp 12/04/2007)

Tiny input and giant output: Marshyangdi Project, by AB Thapa (sp 06/04/2007)

Power cuts further reduced (nn 30/03/2007), Power cuts reduced by another 12 hrs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 30/03/2007), NEA further reduces load shedding hours (nn 03/04/2007), NEA reduces load shedding in Nepali capital (pd 04/04/2007)

Himal Energy acquires more BKPC shares (kp 29/03/2007)

Chipko icon damns dam-run hydro projects (samn 27/03/2007), Nepal to prioritize big hydropower: Oli (kp 28/03/2007)

ADB offers govt $45m for West Seti, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 27/03/2007)

Street lights biggest factor in NEA red ink, by Kosh Raj Koirla (kp 27/03/2007)

‘5000 mw hydro power in a decade’ (kp 25/03/2007)

Government permits NEA to purchase power from PTC (nn 24/03/2007), Nepal to buy power from India (pd 24/03/2007), Progress on Nepal deal to share power, by Bharat Bhushan (tc 26/03/2007)

NEA formally requests EPF to be lead investor (kp 24/03/2007)

New revelations could be embarassing: Upper Tama Kosi Hydropower Project, by AB Thapa (sp 23/03/2007)

Biogas becomes popular (samn 21/03/2007)

Load shedding hours reduced (nn 21/03/2007), Load-shedding reduced by 16 hrs per week, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 21/03/2007)

REDP for energy access to rural people (samn 21/03/2007))

14 companies in race for power projects (samn 19/03/2007)

Rural households get electricity (samn 19/03/2007)

Delays have cost hydropower projects, by Krishna Kanta Panthi (kp 17/03/2007)

NEA Could make terrible blunders (Upper Trishuli Projects), by AB Thapa (sp 16/03/2007)

Denmark and Norway support Renewable Energy (nn 15/03/2007), Denmark, Norway jointly provide Rs 3 billion for renewable energy (nn 15/03/2007), Rs 3b aid for renewable energy (kp 16/03/2007)

Small hydel projects stressed (SAMN 15/03/2007)

ADB consults govt on West Seti (kp 15/03/2007)

Load-shedding hours won’t change: NEA (samn 15/03/2007)

Hydropower development, by DNS Dhakal (kp 13/03/2007)

69 MW Marsyangdi shut down for repairs (kp 11/03/2007)

Now is the time to pursue economic agenda, says Karki (nn 11/03/2007)

Chukha model for hydro power development in Nepal?, by DNS Dhakal (kp 09/03/2007)

Govt working on 3 mega hydel projects (samn 07/03/2007)

South Asian countries to form ‘energy ring’ (nn 06/03/2007), India proposes building SAARC power ring, by Gopal Khanal (kp 06/03/2007)

'Special state provisions a must to address power crisis', interview with Arjun Kumar Karki, Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) (kp 05/03/2007)

FNCCI urges govt to immediately cut down load shedding (nn 04/03/2007)

Khudi to be inaugurated (kp 03/03/2007), Khudi hydropower to be inaugurated (nn 05/03/2006)

Bangladesh to Import Power From Nepal and Bhutan: Bibiana Gas Field will begin production on March, by Rafiqul Islam Azad (on 02/03/2007) [How shall this happen when Nepal does not have enough power for herself?]

Energy crisis brings industrial production down to 20pc (nn 01/03/2007), Power cuts take toll on industries (kp 02/03/2007)

32,000 rural houses have uninterrupted power, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 01/03/2007)

16 hours load shedding daily!, by Shahiman Rai (kp 26/02/2007), Power cuts annoy students, housewives, by Devendra Koirala (kp 26/02/2007)

Power Crisis, by Keshab Poudel (sp 23/02/2007), Deep cut in power supply, by AB Thapa (sp 23/02/2007)

Lack of power supply hits plus 2 classes (samn 23/02/2007)

Solar energy promises viable alternative (samn 22/02/2007)

39 MW plant closed down (samn 22/02/2007)

Revival of int’l interest in Nepal's hydro potential, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 19/02/2007)

630 MW to be added to power grid, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 17/02/2007)

Nepal’s Hydropower For Mutual Benefit (sp 16/02/2007)

NEA to impose load shedding for 40 hours a week (nn 14/02/2007), Up to 7 hrs power cut a day, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 14/02/2007), NEA campaign to reduce power use, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 16/02/2007)

Upper Tamakoshi hydel to begin soon (samn 11/02/2007), Kulekhani III interrupted (samn 11/02/2007)

Indian Power Ministry wants to tap Nepal's hydro potentials (nn 09/02/2007)

14 firms vie for 1,302 MW, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 08/02/2007)

Water supply dips with daily power cuts, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 05/02/2007)

3 hrs per day power cut from Friday, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 25/01/2007), NEA imposes crippling hours of load shedding (nn), Dark country (kp 26/01/2007), 6-hour per day load shedding from mid-February (nn 29/01/2007), Nepal in for round-the-year power cuts, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 29/01/2007), Dark deeds, by Bikash Thapa (nt 02/02/2007, originally in Kantipur, 30 January)

PSU to bid for hydel projects in Nepal, Bhutan (Earth Times 25/01/2007)

NEA to release Rs 3 billion worth power bonds (nn 12/01/2007), NEA to float power bonds worth Rs 3b (kp 12/01/2007)

Consumers for local fund in Tamakoshi (samn)

Load shedding hours to increase (nn 06/01/2007), 21 hrs in Hetauda, Birgunj: Power cuts 8 hrs a week, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 07/01/2007)

Nepal-India agree for construction of transmission lines (nn 05/01/2007), Bulk power exchange to become possible: Nepal-India to build high-voltage transmission links, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 05/01/2007), MoU signed (kp 06/01/2007)

Marshyangdi project closes down again (samn 02/01/2007), Government, Maoists appeal for restart of Middle Marsyangdi works; Melamchi works stalled again (nn 02/01/2007), ‘No Maoist threat to Mid-Marsyangdi’ (kp 03/01/2007), Melamchi project likely to be suspended (samn 03/01/2007), Lift suspension: Fischtner JV (kp 05/01/2007), Middle Marsyangdi works to resume (nn 06/01/2007), Marsyangdi hydel project yet to reopen (samn 09/01/2007)

Chameliya hydel work to begin soon (samn 30/12/2006)

Firms in hydel projects draw flak (samn 29/12/2006)

India offers 33 more MWs, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 28/12/2006)

'Upper Tamakoshi cheapest hydel project' (samn 28/12/2006)

Load-shedding to continue: SC (samn 22/12/2006)

Power for villages near Everest soon (samn 22/12/2006)

EBL interested in Upper Karnali, Tamakoshi (kp 18/12/2006)

Rural electrification plan in limbo (samn 16/12/2006)

Will NEA open its eyes? Load-shedding Problem, by AB Thapa (sp 15/12/2006)

Kulekhani-III work begins (kp 14/12/2006)

Nepal to subsidise clean energy projects, by Dambaru Ballab Kattel (Science and Development Network 11/12/2006)

Fund crunch hits electrification (samn 10/12/2006)

Nepali govt receives lucrative proposal for hydropower project (pd 10/12/2006), Open competition to decide investors (nn 15/12/2006)

Micro-hydro project completed in Humla (samn 09/12/2006)

Pulses of Tamakoshi-I hydro project, by Diby Dhoj Karki (kp 07/12/2006)

Upper Seti to inundate 1,057 households (samn 07/12/2006), Upper-Seti needed for stable power (samn 08/12/2006)

Indian company to provide 50MW power to Nepal (pd 06/12/2006)

Financing Upper Tamakoshi, by Apar Neupane (kp 05/12/2006)

Work resumes at Mid-Marsyangdi (kp 03/12/2006), Work resumes at Marsyangdi hydel project (samn 03/12/2006)

Load shedding to begin from Monday (nn 02/12/2006), Nationwide power cuts start Monday: Up to 40 hrs a week in February, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 02/12/2006), Nepal to Face Cold, Dark Winter: Electricity shortages plague country despite resources, by Indra Dhoj Kshetri (on 04/12/2006), Petition filed against load-shedding (nn 06/12/2006)

Rs 1.5b German largesse for troubled project, by Bikash Sangraula (kp 29/11/2006)

Nepal ’s water resources has the capacity of generating 83,000 mega