The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is going to impose up to 11 hours of load shedding every day in the winter/dry months. The state-owned NEA has informed that it will suffer from shortfall of whopping 354 MW during that period. It has said that while the demand at the peak period in winter days will reach 714 MW, the supply will hover below 360 MW. Speaking at an interaction by the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), Thursday, Sher Singh Bhat, chief of the Load Dispatch Center of NEA, said that currently the peak demand for power stands at 640 MW while supply stands at 510 MW. The only major hydropower project under construction is 70 MW-strong Middle Marsyangdi, which is not expected to be start delivering power before 2009. Even though the government is working to import 50 MW power from India, the huge shortfall in demand and supply means that crippling hours of load shedding is imminent. nepalnews.com sd Aug 24 07 http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2007/aug/aug24/news02.php