KATHMANDU, Feb 27: Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Balen Shah, has said that Nepal cannot become prosperous by selling electricity at low prices He stressed the need to utilize and store power within the country through industries such as fertilizer factories and data centers.
Addressing the “Call for Change (Pariwartan Ko Udgosh)” program in Chitwan on Friday, Shah proposed developing large-scale industries that could function as “batteries” to store surplus electricity generated during the monsoon season.
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“During the rainy season, electricity produced in Nepal goes to waste, but in the dry season we face shortages,” Shah said. “A country can never become rich by selling its cheap electricity. It becomes prosperous only by using it and storing it. Fertilizer factories, data centers, and cold storage facilities are the batteries that can store this power.”
He emphasized that building such infrastructure is essential to retain and utilize domestically produced electricity within Nepal. Shah added that the Rastriya Swatantra Party aims to become the party that develops such ‘batteries’ and leads the country toward prosperity.
Drawing a comparison, he said, “Our country is like the Hetauda Cement Factory. It has machines, manpower and mines, yet it remains closed. Now it must operate. RSP wants to be the party that revives such industries and drives the nation forward.”
