Our mind has been so blocked that we are able to view only our deficits and inadequacies. But what about Nepal’s opportunities? Though Nepal is a landlocked country, it is enriched with a variety of natural resources like agro cash crops, medicinal herbs, hydroelectricity and tourism. Also, all of us seem to have forgotten that we are a rich country in terms of water resources. Besides the variety of natural resources, the one with the most scope and which urgently needs to be exploited is the country’s hydro resources. Some hypothetical problems that have prevented us from utilising our hydro resources are political instability, huge trade deficit, lack of capital, lack of skills, lack of technology and our landlocked nature.

Of course, these problems may have affected the establishment of hydropower stations but these are minor. Instead of criticising and condemning the problem, let us think of a middle way to treat these problems as side problems or neutral as far as possible. Research shows that a lack of bargaining power is the main problem.

Here are a few examples. Entrepre-neurs are ready to invest in a backup generator but they are not interested in contributing the same amount of capital to establish hydropower plants. Similarly, so-called economical people are ready to spend money on inverters and candles  but they do not want to add money to a pool to build power projects.

Being uncooperative individually to eradicate load-shedding and just blaming the government is said to be mind-blocked. If everyone comes to understand this blockage of the mind and gets ready to arrange capital for the establishment of hydropower stations rather than investing in backup systems, a remarkable amount would be collected and hydropower plants would be built. If we study the history of developed countries like Japan and South Korea, we can see that they are not the outcome of the best governance but the outcome of the collective efforts of all the people in the country. The research, panel and project launched by Mahabir Pun can be consulted and the capital mobilised can be used in similar hydroelectricity development plans. Various social sites and agencies can be used to make the operation transparent.