The government has decided to go for alternative means to minimize the load-shedding as the crippling hours of outage continue to hit industrial production and makes things difficult for households.

Prime Minster Puspa Kamal Dahal (center) and cabinet members during a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar on Wednesday, Dec 17 08.nepalnews.com/NPA

Prime Minster Puspa Kamal Dahal (center) and cabinet members during a meeting…
A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday decided to take immediate and long-term steps to end load-shedding.

Communication minister and government spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara said the cabinet discussed possible measures to resolve the problem. He said diesel-operated thermal plants would be set-up in order to increase power supply.

According to Mahara, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal gave direction to Water Resources Minister Bishnu Poudel to find “immediate solution” to load-shedding.

The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is currently enforcing 45-hour load-shedding a week following substantial decline in power-generation capacity of its hydropower plants due to decreased water level in rivers and the reservoirs. nepalnews.com mk Dec 17 08