RJP registers urgent motion on energy crisis

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Rastriya Janashakti Party leader in the parliament, Prakash Chandra Lohani, has registered a motion of urgent public importance demanding discussion on current power crisis in the country. In the motion, Lohani has demanded that the parliament hold discussion on the power crisis, claiming that the shortage of power could cause the country´s economy to collapse. Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal lawmaker Chandra Bahadur Gurung and Rastriya Janamukti Party lawmaker Malbarsingh Thapa have seconded the motion.



Meanwhile, three lawmakers from the Nepali Congress have tabled separate motion demanding proper legal arrangement to ensure certain shares in small hydropower projects for the local people. Jagadishwar Narsing KC, Gagan Thapa and Dhana Raj Gurung in their motion claimed that the power projects registered under certain individuals´ names will benefit only the power producers and not the local people of the area and demanded that provision be made for ensuring local people´s participation.

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