Price of water

Modi can put Nepal-India power cooperation firmly on the map during his Kathmandu visit   UN 30 – The Ambassadors Club is a collection of essays from former Indian ambassadors . It is not a scholarly work, rather a firsthand account of what was to each of the 16...

“People of Nepal expecting hydropower project as gift from India”

India is building 1450 km of border roads, five rail links and four integrated check points in Nepal. The people of Nepal are hoping that in his upcoming visit to their country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will gift them a 100-MW hydropower project that has been in...

Nepal delays vital plans to get the Ganges flowing

Despite Delhi’s nod, the sub-regional plan to augment the water flow of the Ganges River, on which more than 40% of Bangladeshis depend for agriculture, stumbles as the Nepalese government sought further time before approving the regional initiative.The foreign and...

India, Nepal agree to strengthen river banks to avoid floods

India and Nepal have agreed to strengthen the embankments of Bagmati, Kamla, Lalbakeya and Khando rivers to control the spilling of flood water of these rivers which often causes flood in Bihar. “Both the countries have already agreed to strengthen embankments...