Kulman Ghising, outgoing executive director of Nepal Electricity Authority, has said that load shedding has ended in the country with his sincere efforts. Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu on Friday, Kulman said that the dream of 'Bright Nepal' is possible only with sincere efforts when there is loadshedding for 15/16 hours daily.

Recalling the state of electricity supply at that time, Kulman said, 'In a country rich in water resources, load shedding of 15/16 hours in winter and 9 hours in dry season was common until about eight years ago. With the campaign to make ``Bright Nepal'' by abolishing load shedding forever, load shedding was stopped not only for homes and offices, but also for industrial customers from Baisakh 2075.'

He has also reiterated that the end of load shedding is not a miracle. "I have said many times that the end of load shedding is not a miracle, it was an honest effort," he said.  Kulman also says that the end of load shedding is not the end for the authority when about 42 percent of families do not have electricity. 'These settlements and residents were anxiously waiting for electricity. However, in the meantime, the authority has succeeded in bringing electricity to more than 99 percent of families. In the past, consumers used to run to the authorities demanding electricity services. Now, the situation has changed. The authority itself is going to poor slums looking for houses without electricity,' he said.