Nepal on Power Crisis

Finally, amidst mounting power crisis, the government of Himalaya country has declared a status of nation-wide electricity crisis and has adopted various measures to tackle the problem. Unveiling the government’s National Power Crisis Action Plan, the government has banned the use of electricity on hoarding boards. The government has also launched an awareness campaign for the use of compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) — power-saving lamps — to save power. The government has planned to increase the load-shedding period from Sunday up to 12 to 14 hours a day from the current 10 hours. Nepal’s electricity authority has announced that the power cut will increase for 18 hours on March. Negligence towards electricity consumption and maintenance of equipments has led country to the dark situation by which all of the sectors are directly affected.