Himalayan Hydro Expo-2024 begins

Energy Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet He started the fourth edition of the Himalayan Hydro Expo by inaugurating the rally on Wednesday morning. EPPAN President Ganesh Karki informed that the EV Rally was organized to promote electric vehicles and increase electricity consumption.

In the inauguration program, Energy Minister Basnet said that the Himalayan Hydro Expo organized on the eve of the investment conference will make the investment conference even more meaningful. "This rally, which started before the Hydro Expo, will prove helpful in increasing domestic electricity consumption and promoting electric vehicles," he said. He said that the Hydro Expo will prove helpful in creating an investment environment in Nepal's electricity sector.

The government has set a target of consuming 13,000 megawatts of electricity by 2035 and it should be promoted by organizing such electric vehicle rallies, said IPPAN President Ganesh Karki.

The government has set a target of 28,500 megawatts of production and 13,000 megawatts of domestic consumption by 2035. EV rally also helps to make it meaningful, he said. According to IPPAAN, President Ramachandra Poudel will inaugurate the three-day expo on Thursday. More than 100 stalls from more than 12 countries have been booked in the expo so far. The

expo will cover various dimensions of sustainable, inclusive, green, accessible and profitable energy development, domestic and foreign investment related to energy, capital collection and management, people's participation, domestic consumption and electricity trade, prosperity and social development, policy and political priorities. A technical session will be organized.

In order to help in the development and expansion of hydro power, there will be a competition of goods and services invented by students and individuals about the new concept of goods and services related to hydro power.