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Reeling under a major power crisis, Nepal has declared an energy emergency in the country and launched a series of measures, including new power projects and purchasing more electricity from India, to address the problem within the next five years.
Addressing the Parliament, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Finance Minister, Mr Bharat Mohan Adhikary, declared the next four and a half years as a period of energy crisis.
He also unveiled the government's programme to address the power crisis that includes generating 2,500 MW of hydroelectricity, formation of a powerful three-member Energy Crisis Control Committee, setting up of thermal plants and reducing power leakages by 20 per cent in the next six months.
He said that the government would call proposals from the private sector to generate power through diesel thermal plant and coal mines.
Nepal is currently suffering from up to 14 hours power cuts daily due to the low level of water in the reservoirs of major power plants.
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