January 20, 2024 12:45 pm
KATHMANDU, Jan 20: The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation receives more than four dozen complaints daily.
January 3, 2024 13:13 pm
LAHAN, Jan 3: The foreign ministers of Nepal and India will jointly inaugurate three transmission lines of 132 kVA on Thursday.
November 24, 2023 14:30 pm
JAJARKOT, Nov 24: The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation is going to provide free electricity meters to the Jajarkot earthquake victims.
September 22, 2023 20:05 pm
KATHMANDU, Sept 22: The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has set a target of 1,500 units of energy consumption per capita in the next 12 years, i.e. by 2035. The ministry has barely doubled the per capita energy consumption during the last seven years. However, in the next 12 years, it has set an ambitious target of increasing electricity consumption by four folds.
September 4, 2023 10:45 am
KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee under the House of Representatives has demanded that the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation make arrangements for it to function under the Ministry's jurisdiction.
April 14, 2023 16:45 pm
KATHMANDU, April 14: A contract has been awarded for the construction of five electric vehicle (EV) charging stations inside Singha Durbar, the government seat. Eastern Electrical Pvt Ltd has been awarded the contract by the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation to build the charging stations.
February 20, 2023 09:00 am
KATHMANDU, Feb 20: India has given the green signal on allowing Nepal to export up to 1,200 MW of electricity by using the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur cross-border transmission line and a number of similar infrastructures in the Nepal-India border areas alongside Bihar of India.
July 31, 2022 17:15 pm
KATHMANDU, July 31: Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Pampha Bhusal has said that the power purchase agreements (PPAs) of companies that do not produce electricity after obtaining a license to generate electricity will be canceled.
July 30, 2022 15:30 pm
MANMA, July 30: Sanni Triveni Rural Municipality in Kalikot district drew the attention of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation for the repair and maintenance of Potmara micro hydropower project located in the rural municipality.
June 16, 2022 13:45 pm
KATHMANDU, June 16: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal has said that the construction process of the 1,200 MW Budhigandaki Hydropower Project will be taken forward in the coming fiscal year.
June 11, 2022 19:45 pm
KATHMANDU, June 11: Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Pampha Bhusal has urged the newly-elected people's representatives to serve the public while also undertaking preservation and promotion of local identities.
December 18, 2021 16:00 pm
KATHMANDU, Dec 18: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusa has urged all sectors to increase their electricity consumption.
December 4, 2021 15:42 pm
LALITPUR, Dec 4: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal asserted that the Bhimsen Temple being reconstructed in Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur is enhancing the country's reputation at home and abroad.
November 4, 2021 17:00 pm
LALITPUR, Nov 4: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal, has said that the five-party alliance would continue until the 'regression' is treated.
October 3, 2020 07:45 am
KATHMANDU, Oct 3: Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group Ltd has expressed interest in investing in a hydropower project with at least 500 megawatt capacity in Nepal.
March 20, 2020 09:25 am
KATHMANDU, March 20: The Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), the focal agency for renewable energy promotion in the country under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a US$ 1.5 million agreement to promote renewable energy in Nepal.
March 18, 2019 09:55 am
KATHMANDU, March 18: The Ministry of Energy has failed to achieve most of the targets that it had set when incumbent Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Barsaman Pun assumed office a year ago.