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Khadka, a hydropower investor, became the energy minister
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Highlights
- Khadka is the promoter of the 4.72 MW Menchiyam hydropower project and the under-construction Langtang-Bhotekosi hydropower project of 120 MW capacity.
Nepali Congress MP Deepak Khadka has become the energy minister. In the government led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Khadka got the responsibility of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. He is also the founder chairman of Manchiyam Hydropower Limited and Langtang Bhotekoshi Hydropower Company.
The 4.72 MW Menchiam hydropower project and the under-construction Langtang-Bhotekosi hydropower project of 120 MW capacity are promoted by these two companies.
Lately, he was trying to make a policy favorable to the founding shareholder of the hydropower project. He had been putting pressure on the parliamentary committee, regulatory bodies, etc. to create a founder shareholder adaptation policy, citing the damage caused to hydropower projects by last year's floods in Koshi province.
MP Khadka is seen as the leader of the group pushing for the sale of founder shares in the flood-affected hydropower project. Apart from hydropower projects, he also has investments in Hotel Forest Inn, Makalu Varun Agro Concern and Sankhuwasabha Modern Agriculture Company. Khadka's wife Vinita Thapa is also leading various tourism-related businesses. Khadka was previously the Minister of Water Supply and Sanitation in the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government in 2073.
प्रकाशित : असार ३१, २०८१ १४:०९
