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Dams, environment and local people are interrelated. Large dams have several large scale advantages in irrigation, flood control, power generation, inland navigation etc. It is equally true that it has also many large scale adverse impacts inducing controversy and disputes. For example, despite enormous benefits to Canada from large scale dams, the local people of the Basin are still feeling...
Nepal is currently facing a power shortage that, it is feared, will get worse if nothing is done to enhance the capacity for energy generation. Hydropower, as a clean and renewable source of energy, is the right solution for the country, with its topographical advantage and the availability of more than 6,000 rivers. In addition to local demand, there is ample scope for export of electricity...
In the last six decades since the 1951 overthrow of Rana regime, hydropower development in Nepal was implemented under various models depending on the donors. The 1950s and ‘60s were the era of bilateralism to be subsumed by multilateralism of the 1970s and ‘80s only to be trodden over by liberalisation and privatisation of the 1990s and 2000. If one were to scrutinise these...
It is said that "Nothing is impossible in this world" and this has been proven by the altruistic work of Mr. Devendra Gautam whose sheer effort has helped to restore Kathmandu’s Kamal Pokhari to near its original condition. The pond is located at the center of Kathmandu City. It was formerly known as Bhim Jujuka Pokhari, famous for the lotus and was originally spread over 48 ropanies (c...
As food need rises, Nepal's reliance on irrigated agriculture does increase. Increased production to satisfy the food demand of the future must essentially come from intensification, not from expansion of agriculture. Intensification potential of irrigated agriculture is much higher than rainfed system. Technologies, professionals and farmers should go together to achieve greater impacts and...
This paper presents a new concept on the management of Agency Managed Irrigation Systems with the joint participation of the agency and the users, with their defined roles and responsibilities. The message of the system governance and operation methodology are disseminated to the grass root level of the users. Resource management and water charge collection are anticipated to be firmly applied...
Paraguay has 5.6 million people, Bhutan has 0.6 million and Nepal has 27 million, all small land locked countries with rich hydropower potential. The 12,600 MW Itaipu Project commissioned on Paraguay-Brazil border river, Parana, was the world’s largest hydropower plant until China’s Three Gorges superseded it in 2007. Paraguay’s share, half of Itaipu’s generation, is on...
Nepal should stop using imported energy and have its own source of energy. When Nepal has its own clean form of energy, the government or the developers should not hesitate to promote its use. It’s not only the nation’s economy that will be helped, but also the world environment that will be protected. Nepal should find ways to reduce the import of petroleum products and to promote...
Laos is a mountainous country with very favorable conditions of hydropower development. Rainfall is considered high. It has 26,000 MW of theoretical potential. The Laos Govt. has a strategy to use hydropower to eradicate poverty. It has continuously made numbers of agreements with the neighbouring country Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia for increased power export. The companies developing and...
China developed small hydropower (SHP) with its own resources instead of importing advanced technology from other countries. SHP has been instrumental in rural electrification. In 1997, SHP accounted for 28.6% of whole exploitable hydro energy in China. The peculiarities of SHP of China are:
1. Decentralised approach for SHP development with county as basic unit,
2. Special...
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