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by Aashutosh Shah | 29-02-2020 15:50
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Eight of the ten highest mountain peaks in the world are located in Nepal, a small Himalayan country with a mainly rural population of 26 million people. The country’s three biggest river systems - the Kosi, Gandaki and Karnali - originate in high-mountain glaciers and eventually flow into the Ganges river system. The abundant water resources and the rivers’ fast flows make Nepal a prime location for hydropower development. Already, 90 percent of the nation’s power comes from dams. Yet, hydropower development has a contentious history in the country. The variability of water flow, the Nepalese authorities’ lack of experience with consultation processes, as well as corruption in large infrastructure projects make dams an environmentally, economically and socially risky endeavor. In 1995, the World Bank famously withdrew from one of its largest planned hydropower projects: the $1.1 billion Arun III Dam in Nepal. The decision came just before the World Bank Inspection Panel was to investigate whether the bank had violated its own guidelines for land compensation, resettlement and environmental assessment on the project. Studies confirmed that the project would not address the energy needs of the country’s poor, who mostly live in remote areas with no connection to the central energy grid. No large dam has been built in Nepal since. Today, Nepal is in the midst of a newfound drive to harness its water resources to meet the exploding energy demands of its powerful neighbors. The Nepali government is looking for investors and financiers for several large dam projects above 300MW, including Arun III, Upper Karnali, Budhi Gandaki and the 750MW West Seti project. The projects, if built, will generate electricity for export to India and China. The world’s largest funders are supportive of this trend. The Asian Development Bank, for example, seems inclined to foot a large part of the more than US$1 billion price tag of the West Seti project. Civil society groups in Nepal have major concerns about the project, including that the Social and environment have to be carried by Nepal, while India will benefit from the generated electricity. |
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15 Comments
Nice, keep writing.
Posted 28-03-2020 11:40
Thanks for your report.
Posted 27-03-2020 01:16
Thanks for report
Posted 26-03-2020 11:11
Hello Aashutosh,
Great to hear from you.
Regards,
Asmita Bhusal
Posted 22-03-2020 19:03
Great report.
Keep Writing
Posted 21-03-2020 10:56
Hello aashutosh
Thank you so much for this update
Keep writing
Yours
Basanta
Posted 21-03-2020 05:57
Greetings aashutosh
I hope you are doing well
Great
Thank you so much for this report.
I hope yo read more from you
Keep writing
Green cheers!
Regards
Hema
Posted 18-03-2020 11:52
Hello
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Regards
Susmita
Posted 12-03-2020 01:25
Greetings
I do hope everything is going well..
Thank you so much for sharing your report on Rivers of Nepal ..
Really felt glad to go through it..
Eagerly waiting for your more reports..
Green cheers
Regards
Jasmine karki
Posted 02-03-2020 00:18
Hello Aashutosh,
I do hope you are fine there and doing great with your works,
Nepal is second rich country in fresh water resources,
It is a blessing for us,
Thanks for sharing with us!!.
Keep sharing,
Yours,
Sandhya
Posted 01-03-2020 20:01
thank you for sharing
Posted 01-03-2020 18:19
Hello ashutosh
I hope you are fine and doing great
Water resources are great resources and they should be utilzed properly.
Warm regards,
Biddhya pandey
Posted 01-03-2020 14:24
Hello Ashutosh!!
I hope you are fine and doing great.
Water resources is really a great gift from Nature.
Keep writing and shining.
Hope to know more from you.
Warm regards,
Meena
GREEN CHEERS
Posted 01-03-2020 12:07
Hello aashutosh
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report.
Regards
Sus
Posted 29-02-2020 21:17
Hey Aasutosh,
I hope you are doing well with your work.
Thank you so much for introducing Nepal as an huge source of water.These resources should be utilized properly.
Regards,
Prabha Bhusal
Green cheers!!
Posted 29-02-2020 17:09