KATHMANDU: Three of the board members of the Nepal Electricity Authority have been dismissed from their posts for obstructing the reform process initiated by NEA Managing Director Kul Man Ghising. The dismissed board members are Manoj Kumar Mishra, Laxman Prasad Agrawal and Suraj Lamichhane. The trio have been penalised as they failed to submit reasonable clarifications within the given time period given by the MoE. Minister Janardhan Sharma had sought clarifications from the NEA Board members on December 6. The three board members were found guilty of working against work ethics and against the NEA Act, 2041, (1982). READ ALSO:

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