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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Kulman Ghising Re-Appointment a Political Issue : People Opposing the Government for his farewell


Kulman Ghising the man who turned the faith of Nepal towards light has been given a farewell for completing his four-year tenure as managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). He was appointed to the top post of the NEA in 2016. He came into the power and established an efficient management and effective working system that ended the long issue of load-shedding in the country and improved the financial condition of NEA. He join NEA, with a bad debt of  NRs 34.61 billion with 18 hours of load shedding in the country which he managed to remove it with   management issues. 

His popularity grew when he was able make load Shedding over and further helped in opening the power infrastructure in the country. 

Regarding his reappointment the government has been not so clear in brining him back showcasing legality issues.  Even though a proposal to reappoint Ghising has been registered at the Cabinet, there has been no discussion in this regard so far.

As per Section 17 of the Nepal Electricity Authority Act the government could reappoint Ghising as MD of the NEA. If the government wants to reappoint Ghising at NEA, there is no legal hurdle. It depends whether or not the government wants to reappoint him. 

The dirty politics and culture of Nepal has been constantly hitting people like Kulman who have been hugely appreciated for his sincerity and handwork. Though there has been significant sign of him coming back people are still struggling for his reappointment. Dr Govinda KC has been also started his protest for reinstae of Kuman Ghising in NEA.  

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

NAC Airbus A330-200 wide body controversy


The Nepal Airlines Corporation(NAC) wide body aircraft purchase controversy  has been hugely criticized for its entire process and obligation. The fact from the Airbus website clearly showing Nepal Airlines receiving the Airbus A330-200 aircraft on behalf of HiFly Airlines of Portugal clearly shows the foul play. Apart from that two aircraft have been bought for Nrs  24 billion where as per  international rates, one aircraft cost around Nrs 24 billion.

This also showcases the strategic level of organized corruption in  leadership level to bureaucratic of the Nepal government.  It has been estimated that around 25 percent of the funds are in view of corruption.

The first of the two Airbus A330-200 aircraft was delivered to NAC on June 28 and the second plane on July 26. The national flag carrier had purchased the aircraft from US-based AAR Corporation for around Rs 24 billion. NAC had taken a loan of Rs 12 billion each from Citizen Investment Trust and Employees Provident Fund at 10.5 per cent interest rate to buy the planes.

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