Himal Lamsal

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Five months on and KUKL still testing water supply pipeline of Melamchi

Published On: May 16, 2023 08:30 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, May 16: Due to the managerial weakness of Kathmandu Upatyaka Khanepani (KUKL), the state-owned utility is losing revenue worth millions due to failure in billing at the customers' houses for distributing water from Melamchi through a new pipeline.

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Govt collects Rs 100 billion through infrastructure tax imposed on fuel in past eight years

Published On: April 17, 2023 09:45 AM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, April 17: The government has collected more than Rs 100 billion in eight years from the infrastructure tax imposed on petroleum products. Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has been paying tax at the customs point while importing fuel.

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Nepal sees only 25 percent capital expenditure in first nine months of the current FY

Published On: April 7, 2023 08:00 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, April 7: With three months left until the end of the current fiscal year, the government has barely spent a quarter of its capital expenditure. With one week left until the end of nine months of the current fiscal year, the capital expenditure has hardly been 25 percent.

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Nepal imports EVs worth Rs 5.5 billion in eight months of current FY

Published On: March 24, 2023 01:15 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, March 24: In the first eight months of the current fiscal year, 2,200 units of electric vehicles (EVs) have been imported into Nepal. According to the data released by the Customs Department, 2,198 four-wheeled electric vehicles were imported in eight months of the current year.

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Worth over Rs 300 billion, Budhi Gandaki project does not have even Rs 10 million

Published On: March 21, 2023 03:54 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, March 21: Budhi Gandaki Jalvidyut Public Limited, which was established to build a project worth Rs 300 billion on a company model, has not been able to manage even Rs 10 million, preventing the project work from moving forward.

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Revenue collection short of target by Rs 80 billion

Published On: March 14, 2023 02:30 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, March 14: The government has not been able to meet the revenue collection target of the first six months of the current financial year even in eight months. By the end of eight months of the current financial year, there is a huge gap between the targeted revenue collection and actual collection.

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Information Highway Project moving slower than a sloth

Published On: March 7, 2023 03:00 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, March 7: The Information Highway project to lay optical fiber in 77 district headquarters along with the Mid Hill Highway, launched by the government with an ambitious goal, finds itself in a difficult situation of not being able to spend the budget.

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Koshi corridor construction slower than a sloth

Published On: March 6, 2023 01:30 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, March 6: Another seven kilometers track of the North-South (Koshi Corridor) highway listed in the National Pride Projects is yet to be laid. Although the government has given it high priority, the track digging work of the corridor is progressing at a very slow pace.

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Construction cost of Dharahara increases by Rs 120 million due to cost variation of raw materials

Published On: February 23, 2023 05:00 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The cost of Dharahara reconstruction is set to increase by Rs 120 million after some infrastructure structures have to be added to the Dharahara complex, which is currently under construction.

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Bheri Babai sees only 59 percent progress in 11 years

Published On: February 7, 2023 09:30 AM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: It has been 11 years since the government launched the Bheri Babai Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project to provide irrigation services throughout the year to 51,000 hectares of land in Banke and Bardiya.

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Work halted due to lack of construction materials, increasing Nepal’s financial liability by Rs 15 million a day

Published On: January 27, 2023 10:30 AM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Jan  27: The construction work of the Nagdhunga-Naubise Tunnel has come to a halt as a result of an acute shortage of construction materials, leaving Nepal with an additional financial liability of Rs 15 million a day. The ongoing construction work of the Nagdhunga-Naubise tunnel has stopped since January 15 due to the shortage of construction materials, including sand.

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Govt plan to build new towns along mid-hill highway in limbo

Published On: January 12, 2023 10:30 AM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The government’s project to establish new towns in the mid-hills has not been able to gain momentum even after a decade.

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Construction of Nagdhunga tunnel pushed back for a year

Published On: January 10, 2023 02:00 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Jan 9: The construction of Nagdhunga tunnel is going to be pushed back by one more year. It is almost certain that the construction of the tunnel will not be completed within the extended deadline.

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Foreign grants almost halved in FY 2021/22

Published On: January 3, 2023 02:30 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The amount received by the Nepal government from the donor community under multilateral/bilateral foreign grants decreased drastically in the last financial year. The amount received by the government in the financial year 2021/22 from the Nepal government's total foreign grants (excluding direct payment) is decreasing compared to previous years.

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Prime Minister Dahal's landlord stalled the Melamchi pipeline

Published On: December 29, 2022 08:45 AM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: The Saleung-CIPEL JV, which was awarded the contract below the estimated cost under the guise of authority and power, has stalled the construction of the pipeline and overhead tank in Melamchi. Shailung got the contract to build a 160 km pipeline and overhead tank of the Melamchi project in a JV with Indian company CIPEL at a cost of 1.41 billion rupees. The deadline extended for the second time by the Kathmandu Utpatya KhanepaniLimited (KUKL) Project Implementation Directorate (PDI) has also expired in August 2022.

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Signature bridge to be built over Narayani River

Published On: December 25, 2022 12:05 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: A signature bridge is going to be constructed over the Narayani River. With the government preparing to upgrade the East-West highway as the 'Asian Highway', another two-lane bridge is going to be built over the river.

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NEA’s plan to lay underground electricity cables on main roads of Kathmandu Valley becomes challenging

Published On: December 21, 2022 10:30 AM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)’s plan of laying underground electricity cables on the main roads of the Kathmandu Valley has become challenging. Due to the lack of necessary coordination between the NEA and the Department of Roads, the extension of the underground electric lines has become more problematic.

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Construction of transmission line connecting China in limbo

Published On: December 8, 2022 03:00 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) exported electricity worth Rs 7.55 billion to India during the period from mid-July to November of the current financial year, but the construction work of the transmission line connecting another neighboring country, China, has been delayed for seven years. After the Indian blockade in 2015, the Nepal government proposed an international transmission line connecting to China to reduce the country’s dependence on India.

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705 electric vehicles imported in the first  three months of current FY

Published On: November 6, 2022 11:16 AM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Nov 6: With the removal of 10 percent excise duty on 100 kW electric vehicles in the budget of the current financial year, the import of 100 kW vehicles has increased dramatically in a period of three months.

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Manifestos of political parties: They only show the dream of trains, but don't build them

Published On: November 4, 2022 12:20 PM NPT By: Himal Lamsal

KATHMANDU, Nov 4: Like in the previous elections, the major political parties have shown an ambitious railway dream to the people in the upcoming House of Representative and provincial assembly elections. It seems that the infrastructure plan including railways mentioned by the parties in their manifestos cannot be sustained by the current size of Nepal's economy.

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