Keshab Poudel
ADB’S TRANSMISSION Power For All
After living with an inefficient and unreliable electricity supply system for decades, some people from the east and west have had reasons for celebration. Following the completion of the grid upgrading and substation, with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank, the quality and efficiency of the electricity supply has improved for the villagers, opening the door for the regions to accelerate the economic activities and pave the way for the transformation of people’s livelihood there. Alongside the expansion and up-gradation of the national grid, ADB also has a support package of off-grid hybrid system for rural populations, who are not connected in the national grid
By Keshab Poudel Dec 24, 2017
Nepal's Elections: Electing Discord
When PM Deuba is holding the elections, Nepal’s two neighbors are vying to establish supremacy here. This growing competition is likely to generate the new heat. If the elected representatives fail to read the writings on the wall, Nepal’s new experiment, which is very complex, will face the same fate of seventy years ago
By Keshab Poudel Dec 08, 2017
70 YEARS OF ELECTION Unbroken Instability
For the last seventy years, Nepal has held several elections under different political systems and different constitutions. Yet, what has eluded Nepal is the much-needed political stability and political culture. As Nepal held elections for the national parliament and provincial legislatures, they are likely to bring about intricate spirals of political crisis from provinces to the center. Situated between two major powers, India and China, which have been focusing their attention to intensify their influence globally and regionally, Nepal is essentially facing the same risk of crisis it faced seventy years ago after the first ever elections
By Keshab Poudel Dec 07, 2017
LALITA NIWAS LAND: Deal In Controversy
Although the government nationalized many Rana Palaces, including Subarna Mahal or Lalita Niwas, which used to possess a vast land in Baluwatar, the large portion of the western part of old Subarna Mahal or Lalita Niwas has already been sold and transferred to individuals as a private property. A petition filed by a lawyer in District Land Office seeking to scrap the land deal, which was made violating the land ceiling, stopped the construction and the land still remains open. The fate of the land will be determined by how the petitions will be settled
By Keshab Poudel Nov 26, 2017
OPEN SPACES Vanishing Fast
There is an all-out march from all sectors to capture the public land or open space and use it for commercial purposes. If the current pace continues, with the backing from political leaders, there will be no secured public places left in the next decade in case of another earthquake
By Keshab Poudel Nov 11, 2017
HIMALAYA SUMSHER RANA Active At 89
As the forthcoming general elections for the House of Representatives and Provincial Legislatures are just a month away, the mobility of senior citizen Himalaya Sumsher Rana, 89, chairperson of General Election Observation, has started becoming hectic.
By Keshab Poudel Nov 10, 2017
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