House presses for free energy in West Seti

The House Committee on Natural Resources has taken strong exception to non implementation of its earlier directive to the government to press for ten percent free energy instead of equivalent royalty from the proposed 750 MW West Seti hydropower project.

The Committee, on Thursday, raised objection to Minister of State for Water Resources Gyanendra Bahadur Karki at the government's failure to abide by its directive since last six months.

In his response, Minister of State Karki has said that the Ministry has formed a taskforce to find out how it can implement Committee's directive.

The promoters of West Seti, an Australian company called SMEC has been saying that it is unable to provide free energy from the project. nepalnews.com sd Dec 28 07