Nothing moves on Budhi Gandaki hydro

March 31, 2018 08:26 am

KATHMANDU, March 31: Prime Minister K P Oli had once indicated that under his premiership the decision of the previous government to cancel the license of China Gezhouba Group Corporation to construct the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Plant would be revised.

Alternatives for Budhi Gandaki

January 4, 2018 01:00 am

Big challenges to Budhi Gandaki comprise technical, social and economic questions that are yet to be fully resolved.

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: A study commissioned by the Ministry of Energy has concluded that Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project can be built by utilizing internal resources.

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: The committee formed to sketch a draft of an estimated cost for constructing Budhi Gandaki Hydro Project has submitted a report with possible domestic investors to the government on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 18: A committee formed by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to produce estimated cost to construct Budhi Gandaki Hydro Power submitted its draft report to the government. The team, led by Swarnim Wagle submitted the report to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Kamal Thapa today.

The much-awaited national pride project – Budhi Gandaki Hydro power Project – is to be constructed at national investment. In this connection, the government has decided to complete the construction work of the 1,200-MW hydro power project within coming eight years.

KATHMANDU, Nov 21: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has collected Rs 13 billion from consumers for the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project in the past 16 months.

CHITWAN, Nov 16: CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has taken strong exception to the decision of the government to scrap the agreement signed with China's state-owned company Gezhouba Group Co Ltd (CGGC) regarding the Budhigandaki Hydroelectricity Project.

KATHMANDU, Nov 13: A Cabinet meeting on Monday has canceled the agreement with China Gezhouba Group Corporation in principle to let the Chinese company build the 1,200 MW project under the engineering, procurement, construction, and finance (EPCF) model of project development.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: A joint meeting of the parliament’s Agriculture and Water Resources Committee (AWRC) and Finance Committee has instructed the government to halt the process of allowing China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), a Chinese government undertaking, to develop Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: A joint meeting of the parliament’s Agriculture and Water Resources Committee (AWRC) and Finance Committee has instructed the government to halt the process of allowing China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), a Chinese government undertaking, to develop Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: A joint meeting of the parliament's Agriculture and Water Resources Committee (AWRC) and Finance Committee has instructed the government to halt the process of allowing China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), a Chinese government undertaking, to develop Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project.

KATHMANDU, June 9: Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has criticized the government decision to award the Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project to China Gezhouba Water and Power Group Company Ltd (CGGC).

KATHMANDU, June 8: Dr Baburam Bhattarai-led Naya Shakti Party-Nepal (NSPN) has flayed the government decision to handover Budhi Gandaki Hydro Project to China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), China’s government-owned Company.

ACHHAM, April 4; The construction of the Budhi Ganga Hydroelectricity Project in Achham district is going ahead at full pace.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The District Administration Offices, Dhading, and Gorkha are preparing to distribute compensation amounting to Rs 5.5 billion to the landowners whose land will be acquired by the government to build Budhi Gandaki Hydropower Project.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: The Ministry of Energy (MoE) has clarified that there has been no any formal decisions made yet regarding granting one of the biggest hydroelectricity projects in the country- the Budhi Gandaki -to a Chinese company.