Kathmandu (PTI):
Nepal will have 16 hours of load shedding a day from Sunday due to the declining water level in its hydro-electric reservoirs and the government is working to import power from India, officials said.
"Due to the receding water level in run-off rivers and Kulekhani Reservoir, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is unable to meet the power demand and there is no option but to increase the power outage time," said Sher Singh Bhat, director at NEA.
Sixteen hours of load shedding in the country's capital and other parts would begin from Sunday.
It will be 25 per cent increase from present 12 hours power cut, NEA officials said.
The 70 MW Mid-Marshyangdi hydro-electric project will generate electricity in the next two weeks and the government is working to import 90-MW power from India through Koshi-Kattaiya transmission line by mid February, they added. Nepal's current power generation is around 350 MW, which is far less than the present demand of 800 MW, Bhat said.
However, the government has decided to resume regular electricity supply of five days a week to industrial estates including Balaju, Pokhara, Bhairahawa, Butwal, Dharan and Biratnagar.
If the country succeeds in importing the 90-MW from India and the Mid-Marshyangdi starts power generation then the duration of load shedding will be substantially reduced by
next one and half months, an NEA official said.
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Outlets for plugs in surgery theatre
A dead pangolin was found on the property! (Nepalese anteater-relative of the armadillo)
Deb sent me her first quilt to help stay warm!
New years at the chandlers
Arden Olivia, day1
Anandaban is the tiny white speck of buildings on the hill in the middle. Kathmandu is the valley city behind. The himalayas are visible in the distant back. A valley of farms, brick kilns and gravel pits lies below anandaban. Beautiful!!
Holly giving lessons in cake decoration
Elisa and a slug (part of the exponential upsurge of critters post monsoon)
