May 18
Nepal Supreme Court Orders Higher Free Electricity Share from Phukot Karnali Project
Nepal’s Supreme Court has directed the government to increase the proportion of free electricity Nepal would receive from the 480 MW Phukot Karnali Hydropower Project in Kalikot, a mountain district in the Karnali province. In May 2023, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the government-owned Vidhyut Utpadan Company Limited and India’s state-owned National Hydroelectric Power…
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