The substations are part of a power line project to bring electricity from Marsyangdi to Kathmandu.

This is the third time the project is inviting global bids to execute an important portion of the $550-million plant.

Government inefficiency and low productivity blamed for the failure to increase capital expenditure.

Officials are currently finalising the detailed design prepared by Japanese and Italian consultants.

Butwal in south-central Nepal is strategically located for cross-border energy trade with India.

The Senior Director, Head of Business Development for the Asia Pacific at Rakuten Viber, on Viber’s future plans in Nepal.

The power utility has not been able to reinforce the decades-old infrastructures.

Of the 50 infrastructure projects, 20 are still in the IBN basket as the board did not receive any proposals from investors.

The state-owned utility says 25 factories owe more than Rs10 billion for electricity supplied to them through dedicated feeders.

The planned 1.3-kilometre tunnel will have double lanes with a width of 8.5 metres and a sidewalk.

The government’s plans to expand electricity access have been hindered by high operational costs, unreliable or unavailable grid and poor implementation of agreements and legal reforms.

Nepali travellers can pay for hotels and flight tickets using e-SEWA, debit and credit cards issued by local banks while foreigners can use their international cards.

Residents blocked the access road complaining that they had not been paid compensation for a 24-km stretch.

The Rs83 billion scheme will provide round-the-year irrigation facility to five drought-prone Tarai districts.

The plan envisages building an electric transmission line linking Rasuwagadhi and Kerung.