Plan to revive COVID-hit economy missing Financial liabilities that govt’s programmes will create aren’t easily bearable, say experts Kathmandu, May 15 President Bidhya Devi Bhandari today presented the government’s policies and programmes for fiscal 2020-21 at the joint session of... 16 May, 2020
Penniless and nothing to eat Kathmandu, April 9 Sharmila Khadka, 45, left her paralysed ex-army husband and five school-going children back home in Dailekh and came to Kathmandu last month to work for a vegetable farm at Syuchatar. A farm tunnel has been her home... Travel 10 Apr, 2020
Chinese firm Sinohydro gets MWSP tender Kathmandu, October 12 The Melamchi Water Supply Development Board has signed a tender for construction of the ‘headworks’ at the source of Melamchi Water Supply Project with China’s Sinohydro. It has signed the tender agreement with the... Travel 13 Oct, 2019
Austrian company starts penstock pipe installation task in lower vertical tunnel Dolakha, June 17 Installation of penstock pipe at the lower vertical tunnel of the 456MW Tamakoshi Hydropower Project has started at Lamabagar of Bigu Rural Municipality, Dolakha. Austrian Company Andritz Hydro started penstock pipe installation... Travel 18 Jun, 2019
Govt to award contracts for remaining works Kathmandu, June 16 The government is all set to award the contracts for construction of the remaining works of the much-awaited Melamchi Water Supply Project. As per officials of the Melamchi project, the process to award the contracts is almost... 17 Jun, 2019
Govt urged to resume Melamchi project soon Kathmandu, May 15 The Development and Technology Committee of the Legislature-Parliament has directed the Ministry of Water Supply (MoWS) to resume construction works of the Melamchi Water Supply Project as soon as possible. Citing that the... 16 May, 2019
Melamchi works likely to gain momentum Kathmandu, April 10 The construction work of Melamchi Water Supply Project, which has been halted since almost five months, is expected to gain momentum as the Melamchi Water Supply Development Board (MWSDB) is preparing to call for a tender notice... 11 Apr, 2019
75 per cent tunnel work completed so far Surkhet, October 24 About 75 per cent tunnel construction of Bheri-Babai Diversion Multipurpose Project has been completed till date. Nine-kilometre tunnel has been dug using tunnel boring machine. The total length of the tunnel is 12.2... Travel 25 Oct, 2018
Melamchi water unlikely by 2018-end Kathmandu, September 3 The pace of tunnel construction at the Melamchi Water Supply Project shows that the project is unlikely to supply water to Kathmandu valley even at the end of 2018, even though project officials still hope to complete the... Horoscopes 04 Sep, 2018
Melamchi tunnel work halted Kathmandu, April 30 Melamchi Water Supply Project achieved tunnel breakthrough few weeks ago. However, no progress has been made thereafter as work has been halted for the last two weeks. The project has to complete the tunnel work within three... Horoscopes 01 May, 2018
Melamchi makes tunnel breakthrough Kathmandu, April 10 Melamchi Water Supply Project today said it had achieved tunnel breakthrough after completing work on digging the 27-km tunnel 20 years after it began work on the project. Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation Bina Magar at... Horoscopes 11 Apr, 2018
Finally, Melamchi tunnel breakthrough Kathmandu, April 9 The much-hyped Melamchi Water Supply Project is set to break through the tunnel tonight. The project is nearing completion after 20 years after breaching multiple deadlines over the years. Melamchi project began in 1988... Horoscopes 10 Apr, 2018
