KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre), Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has pointed out the need for developing the energy sector as the main basis of employment creation and investment.
At the 'Posta Bahadur Bogati Memorial National Energy Talks' organised by Bogati Memorial Foundation here on Wednesday, Chair Dahal opined that the country has not been able to gain expected benefits for a lack of full utilization of long-term potentials in the energy sector.
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Former Prime Minister Dahal emphasized the need to make the energy sector the main basis of prosperity. "Nepal has become successful in exporting power currently due to our policy-level consistency," he mentioned.
Similarly, President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Chandra Prasad Dhakal, shared that the involvement of regulators, operators and developers of the energy sector in a single organisation is a problem.
President of Independent Power Producers' Association, Nepal, Ganesh Karki, underlined that the government should take the energy sector seriously and take policy-level initiatives as the main basis of the development of the country.
President of Nepal Chamber of Commerce, Kamalesh Kumar Agrawal, pointed out the lack of coordination among inter-ministries, while Chairperson of Federation of Nepalese Industries and Commerce, Khim Lal Bhandari, stressed that people's participation in the energy sector could play a vital role and thus an indispensable aspect.
Foundation Chair Barsha Man Pun pointed out the need to construct more water-reservoir projects as run-of-the-river projects could not address the demands of power in future.
