Finance Committee meeting Govt. directed to inform on conditions of scrapped hydel projects

            Kathmandu, Nov 7: The Legislature-Parliament Finance Committee on Friday directed the Office of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, and Ministry of Energy to revoke the directive issued by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) to scrap hydel projects.

            The Committee has cited that the anti-graft body had crossed its jurisdiction when issuing the directive.

            The Committee meeting held in Singh Durbar has directed the Energy Ministry to divulge information over the condition of the projects that have been scrapped.

            The Committee has stated that the CIAA directive had put the foreign investors in difficulty and stalled the progress of projects already in stage of construction.

            CIAA Chief Lokmansingh Karki said that the hydel project permit were annulled as per the letter sent by Electricity Development Department.

            The CIAA had issued a directive two months ago to scrap 13 projects with permission letter for production and inspection.

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            The directive was issued against hydro power projects that include Kabeli, Lower Arun, Upper Solu, Chahare Khola, Mailung Khola, Upper Khoranga Khola, Lower Indrawoti, Midim Khola and Bhotekoshi Five.

            Addressing the meeting today, Minister for Energy Radha Kumari Gyawali expressed readiness to protecting the promoters and creating an environment conducive for them to work. RSS