Encouraged by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to import 10,000 MW of electricity from Nepal in the next 10 years, the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation is preparing to announce “Energy Decade” to produce 20,000 MW of clean energy within the next decade.
With the monsoon reaching its peak in Kathmandu valley increasing the risk of transmission of water-borne diseases, the problem of managing Kathmandu valley’s waste at Bancharedanda sanitary landfill site has surfaced yet again as in the previous years due to the obstruction of locals residing in the area.