by Bhawani Bhatta in The Kathmandu Post, Mar 21, 2023The track opening of the 11 km Kanchanpur-Mal road section in Kanchanpur is yet to take off two years after the project’s contract was signed. Failure to clear trees from the project site has thrown the project in limbo. When the contract was signed, the deadline set for the project—which falls under the Mahakali Corridor, a mega infrastructural and development project—was the end of this fiscal…
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report in Prothom Alo, Mar 17, 2023Bangladesh has decided to seek an Indian explanation on West Bengal’s proposed projects on the Teesta River reducing its flow, amid a protracted unsettled process for water sharing of the trans-boundary river, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. “We will prepare a paper on the issue with consultation of our water resource ministry and JRC (Joint River Commission) . . . (then) we will ask the Indian side regarding…
report in Daily FT, 25 January 2023Sri Lanka is all set to roll out the first phase of the proposed Colombo South Port development project as a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) with an investment of $ 150 million. “Based on the recommendations of the Cabinet Appointed Negotiation Committee, the Government has decided to implement the Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) proposal evaluated by a Cabinet Appointed Negotiation Committee,” Cabinet Co-Spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardena said at the…
By Damih Wickramasekara in The Sunday TimesChina Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has expressed interest in completing work on the new passenger terminal at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) after the Japanese pulled out of funding it. The US$ 1bn (Rs 366bn) project, known as the BIA Development Project Phase II Stage 2 (BIADP PII S2), has been suspended since July 2021 after the Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) decided not to make further disbursement of…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 19, 2023 As a Chinese technical team started a feasibility study for the proposed Kerung-Kathmandu cross-border railway, India has almost completed a detailed feasibility study for the Raxaul-Kathmandu Railway project, officials at the Department of Railways said. The two projects highlight the geopolitical rivalry between the two neighbouring giants who are competing for influence in Nepal. In late December, a six-member Chinese team representing the China…
by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 28, 2022In a move that will make hydroelectricity generated by Indian projects cheaper than that produced by Nepal, India’s power ministry starting earlier this month removed the inter-state transmission charges for new Indian hydropower projects. The ministry on December 2 issued the order to waive Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) charges on the transmission of electricity generated by new hydropower projects. The waiver is already available to…
by Anup Ojha in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 21, 2022The second phase of the Ring Road widening project remains uncertain as the work on the Kalanki-Maharajgunj section has failed to gather momentum ever after over two years since it was planned. Officials at the Department of the Road said that they were taken by surprise by the dilly-dallying of the Chinese contractor in starting the work on the site, citing various reasons. They said they…
By Nazir Shinwari in Tolo News, Nov 29, 2022 at 9:39 PMThe Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (MUDH) said that the Indian chargés d’affaires, Bharat Kumar, expressed his country’s interest in the improvement of relations and the resumption of Delhi’s projects in Afghanistan. Kumar made the remarks in a meeting with the Minister of Urban Development and Housing, Hamdullah Nomani. “Projects they were implementing during the former government but were delayed due political changes…