Posted by: _____ July 14, 2013
Bhutan wants India to accept tariff revision for hydropower from 336 MW Chukha
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@Rajeshhamal

Selling hydorpower to the energy hungry and economically rising India, even its their terms, is the one and the only option left for revenue for the betterment of 26 milllion (and counting) of us. Do you think we rather take pride of
our fellow citizens lamenting in Qatar and the house of the Sauds than being able to utilize the natural hydropower?

Selling hydropower to india very cheap and buying expensive gas/petrol /diesel kerosine  ? What type of business model is that ? In what type of math is profit making ?

No one is against selling hydropower to India/china but at resonable price and that too after Nepali using it first. 

Does Kuwait sells its oil very cheap to USA below international price ? even though USA was main player in liberating Kuwait from Iraq in first golf war.

Why we Nepali always have to bow down to everyone who has done small positive think to us? 
Is USA asking Kuwait to sell its oil at discounted price and asking kuwait to buy expensice US coal? nope


Then why India is asking us to sell our hydropower at discounted rate and we have to buy oil and gas from Indai even though Indi doesnot produce enough of them?

I understand India invests money so naturally it wants more, 

So does the private companies, They agree to invest almost 100% , and also ready to handover power plant in 30-35 yrs, within that period they recover their cost, and make profit. they also pay taxes, and Royalty to the government of Nepal.

Indian gov can do the same. Invest, run power plant for 30-35 yrs, pay taxes, eoyalty and after 30 years handover power plant to Nepal. 
Why Indian govet. deal has to be worse than that of Private company?

If you dont do your home work seriously, you are destined to be doomed
Look what happeend in Bhotekoshi and khimti?
American and Nowergian companies made 100% investenment, agreeing to handover powerplant to Nepal after 30 yrs, intial cost to Nepal was 4.95 cents per unit. 
But the there were some cath which nepali side either faild to see or was bribed to keep quiet. those catches were
1. Paying in dollar, from the time of the contact till date dollar value has risen by 80 %, so the electricity we get from Bhotekoshi and Khimti is 80% expensive by default.
2. Price hike after certain period of that, this  addded misery to already high price.

Because of these two pints those two power plant bringing Nepal electricity authority down.If you dont know how to entertain your rights forget about getting a fair deal.


There is a very good example in India, Dhanabad,
Dhanabad ,
Dhanbad is famous for its coal mines and industrial establishments; it has 112 coal mines with a total produce of 27.5 million tonnes and an annual income of 7000 million Rupees through coal business 
(from wikipedia)
Dhanabad lies in Bihar, but Bihar is the  poorest state in India, Now it is in Jharkhand, which is also not a well off stae,  where does the money goes then? Do your homework.

By the way you should know God help those who help themslevs, Bhagban ko naam lidai ma bhagban le laddu khuwauna aaudaina 


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