Friday Supplement: 2009-11-06 21:51:43
Yogesh Pokharel
It has been about 100 years since the Chandra Jyoti Power House, the first power houses of Nepal, was installed in Pharping, Kathmandu in 1911. Built with the financial support of the British Government, the 500 Kw Chandra Jyoti Power House was also one of the oldest hydro power projects in Asia. Running for 70 years successfully, the historic power house was shut down in 1981 after the water used for the plant was diverted for drinking purpose. Even now, this plant can be restarted if the supply of water is made possible.
But, unfortunately in these 100 years less than 700MW of hydropower has been generated in the country. None of the government formed after the installation of the first hydropower station seriously thought about exploiting the water resources available in abundance in the country in a proper way.
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