Ropeway
brings cheers to farmers in Rukum (East) (kh
25/08/2023)
Infra
gap can push Nepal’s economy downhill : The country
remains one of the least urbanized yet rapidly
urbanizing countries, which means an ever-increasing
demand for road, energy, and ICT infrastructure, by
Sourav Dhungana (ae 22/08/2023)
Government
invites private sector to operate Chobhar dry port : The
state-owned Nepal Intermodal Transport Development
Board, which currently operates the Chobhar dry port,
says the facility will be given to the private sector
for five years, by Krishana Prasain (kp 26/07/2023)
What
impedes Nepal’s infrastructure governance? In Nepal,
there is a tendency of awarding projects to individuals
who have personal connections with those in power
without adequately considering their standards or
capabilities, by Anmol Purbey (nlt 14/06/2023)
Pipeline
plan slammed for violating eco commitments :
Experts say there is an immediate need to
decarbonise the transport sector, not import
more gasoline, by Krishana Prasain (kp
27/05/2023)
Dodhara
Chandani dry port gets environmental approval : The Rs15
billion construction project in Kanchanpur district is
listed as a national priority project by the government,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 23/05/2023)
Developing
Connectivity to Help Nepal Thrive, by Rajaram
Bartaula (rep 20/04/2023)
Rust
in peacem : Looking back at Nepal’s first cargo ropeway
built a 100 years ago, and a historical timeline of
infrastructure planning in the past century, by
Daniel W Edwards (nt 17/03/2023)
Resistance
to land acquisition is posing a challenge to
infrastructure projects in Nepal. What can be done? The
material compensation the affected people, primarily
those whose livelihood depends on such lands, get in
return might not justify the perceived worth that they
hold of their lands, by Niyati Shrestha (nlt
02/03/2023)
Construction
of Motihari-Amlekhganj petroleum pipeline reaches final
stage : NOC to save 1.8 billion rupees annually, by
Upendra Yadav (rep 26/02/2023)
Connectivity
projects continue to suffer from sluggish physical
progress (ae 20/02/2023)
Internal
Terminal of Chobhar Dry Port to come into operation
(kh 11/02/2023)
Construction
of integrated check post at the Sunauli-Bhairahawa
border begins : The project was put on hold for more
than a decade following land acquisition issues, by
Madhav Dhungana (kp 10/02/2023)
Petroleum
Pipeline Project: second phase works accelerated (kh
26/01/2023)
SC
halts cable car construction project in Sikles (rep
19/01/2023)
Butwal
and Palpa to be linked by cable car by mid-March :
Lumbini Cable Car has built the system at a cost of
Rs1.5 billion. It also plans to spend Rs3.5 billion on a
new five-star hotel on the hilltop of Basantapur, by
Pawan Pandey (kp 17/01/2023)
Lumbini
cable car to operate from mid-Feb (rep 14/01/2023)
Feasibility
study to be conducted for petroleum pipeline from
Amlekhgunj to Jhapa (rn 11/01/2023)
Need
for Modern Slaughterhouses in Nepal, by Samip Nepal
(rep 30/12/2022)
Two
EV charging stations in Bharatpur come into operation
(kh 18/12/2022)
Proposed
Dodhara-Chandani dry port contributes to increased
economic activities (rn 11/12/2022)
Construction
of new dry ports slows down : The Rasuwa dry port being
constructed near the Nepal-China border is only 35
percent complete in three and a half years, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 23/11/2022)
Rationality
of Petroleum Pipelines for Nepal : Even though the
on-going petroleum pipeline project is a notable
investment, it is certainly a sensible one, by
Sindhuj Thapa (rep 22/11/2022)
Learning
From Relocation Of Homeless Families, by Pallav
Ranjan (rn 14/10/2022)
Annapurna
Cable Car brings hope amid tourism gloom : The gondola
lift from Phewa Lake to Sarangkot has carried 85,000
passengers since it opened in February, by Deepak
Pariyar (kp 14/10/2022)
Let
there be ropeways : High in potential, low in
execution, by Pratik Ghimire (ae
01/09/2022), Is
ropeway revival possible?, by Pratik Ghimire
(ae 15/09/2022)
Revisiting
Nepal’s land laws : Nearly all infrastructure
projects have encountered issues concerning land
acquisition, by Adhiraj Regmi & Sourav
Dhungana (kp 24/08/2022)
NOC
starts constructing storage facility in Amlekhgunj to
import petrol via cross-border pipeline (rep
20/08/2022)
Cable
car construction faces local objection (rn
22/07/2022)
Chobhar
dry port attracts few traders : Less than two dozen
container trucks have arrived here since it opened in
April, officials say, by Krishana Prasain (kp
24/06/2022)
High
and dry : Infrastructures built without proper planning
end up causing long-term destruction (kp 06/04/2022)
PM
Deuba inaugurates Chobhar Dry Port amid protests by
locals (rep 05/04/2022), Chobhar
dry port opens for business : Private sector
representatives say dry port’s relevance will increase
after Kathmandu-Tarai way is complete or a railroad
arrives in Capital, by Krishana Prasain (kp
06/04/2022)
Building
climate resilience : Holistic approach needed, by
Hemang Karelia and Deborah Zabarenko (ht 23/03/2022)
Chobhar
dry port to open for business by March-end : Occupying
11.77 hectares at the south-western corner of the
valley, the Rs2.18 billion facility was built with a
World Bank loan, by Krishana Prasain (kp 21/03/2022)
Lack
of safety measures at construction sites causing
accidents and taking lives : Stakeholders stress the
need to implement safety standards on all construction
sites, by Kumbha Raj Rai (kp 07/02/2022)
Budhi
Gandaki project to restart as asset valuation dispute is
resolved : The $2.5 billion scheme located in Gorkha and
Dhading districts has been on hold for two years
following protests by locals over the valuation method,
by Hariram Upreti (kp 24/01/2022)
Installation
of tunnel boring machine at Sunkoshi Marin project
likely to begin in May : The machine will gouge out a
13.3-km-long tunnel to bring water from the Sunkoshi
River to the Bagmati River, by Raj Kumar Karki (kp
23/01/2022)
Third
wave may stall construction activities, another setback
for economy : The current season is considered good for
construction in Nepal, and rising Covid-19 cases are
likely to hamper the activities, by Prithvi masn
Shrestha (kp 14/01/2022)
ADB
blacklists top Chinese construction firms : China CMC
Engineering, Northwest Civil Aviation Airport
Construction Group and China Harbour Engineering have
been blacklisted for violating integrity rules, barring
them from participating in Nepal’s key airport
infrastructure development project, officials said,
by Sangam Prasain (kp 21/12/2021)
Planned
‘development law’ to clear hurdles in infrastructure
projects : Bill says landowners must accept the
compensation agreed on by over 50 percent of affected
landowners, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 18/12/2021)
Bheri-Babai
Project: Third Phase Work Begins (rn 10/12/2021)
Nepal
Airlines permitted to carry dangerous goods (kh
06/12/2021)
Infrastructure:
Burden or opportunity? The current project
implementation method must undergo profound
restructuring and reform, by Sambriddhi Acharya (kp
25/11/2021)
Seven
of City’s nine broomer machines are broken as upkeep is
not a priority : The machines were bought in 2019.
Planners and environmentalists say Kathmandu
Metropolitan City should not be shirking its basic
responsibility under lame excuses, by Anup Ojha (kp
13/11/2021)
Towards
multi-modal connectivity : With geopolitics rapidly
changing, Nepal needs to make multi-modal connectivity a
reality, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 05/10/2021)
Rs
3 billion saved in two years of interstate petroleum
pipeline (kh 09/09/2021)
Manakamana
cable car resumes services from today (kh
05/09/2021)
Dry
port in Chobhar all set to operate (kh 04/09/2021)
The
decline in Nepali public aesthetics : Why are we
spending millions on view towers on hilltops, where the
view is already worthwhile?, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp
03/09/2021)
NOC
to spend Rs 6 billion in infrastructure development
including fuel storage facility, pipeline and depots
upgradation, by Dilip Poudel (rep 30/08/2021)
Government
agency to run Chobhar dry port for now : The facility
will be handed over to the private sector through
competitive bidding at an opportune time, officials say,
by Krishana Prasain (kp 11/08/2021)
Import
of diesel through pipeline helps NOC to save Rs 4
billion in transportation cost (rep 11/07/2021)
Construction
in full swing at dry ports despite lockdown : Chobhar
inland container depot is being built with a Rs1.70
billion loan from the World Bank, by Krishana
Prasain (kp 11/05/2021)
Prioritise
Nijgadh airport, East-West Railway in next budget: FNCCI
(ht 26/04/2021)
Construction
projects in west Nawalparasi running late : The projects
are way behind schedule because of the carelessness of
the contractors and poor planning, by Nabin Poudel
(kp 328/03/2021)
Bandipur
cable car to operate in six months (ht 21/03/2021)
Construction
of Rasuwa dry port stalled since virus outbreak : It is
slated to be ready by May 2022, but only 10 percent of
the work has been completed, by Krishana Prasain (kp
20/03/2021)
Study
over for extending oil pipeline to Chitwan : As per the
report, the proposed pipeline will be 62 kilometre long
and will cost Rs4 billion, by Krishana Prasain (kp
11/03/2021)
Second
cross-border petroleum pipeline project in Jhapa moves a
step closer : An Indian delegation will arrive next week
for a field study of the proposed 50km pipeline,
officials say, by Krishana Prasain (kp 09/01/2021)
Work
starts to build dry port in Far West : The planned
inland terminal will provide access to India’s largest
seaport, Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, by
Krishana Prasain and Bhawani Bhatta (kp 23/12/2020)
Siliguri-Charaali
petroleum pipeline (ht 23/12/2020)
Bagmati
to construct ropeways (ht 21/12/2020)
MoF
mulls hybrid annuity in infra sector: Contractor to be
made responsible for 10 years after project completion,
by Umesh Poudel (ht 20/02/2020)
Indian
experts conduct survey for second oil pipeline in Jhapa:
The proposed 50-kilometre pipeline will extend from the
Charali depot to Siliguri in West Bengal, by Parbat
Portel (kp 18/02/2020)
Delay
in releasing housing grant hits People’s Residence
Programme (ht 15/02/2020)
Investing
in infrastructure: Unhealthy nexus among politicians,
senior bureaucrats and contractors to share kickbacks of
the development project has remained a major hindrance
in satisfactory completion of development projects in
Nepal, by Purushottam Ojha (rep 12/02/2020)
Most
infrastructure construction works hit: Rasuwagadhi
Hydropower has applied for ‘force majeure’ citing novel
coronavirus epidemic, by Umesh Poudel (ht
05/02/2020)
Experts
stress the need to fill infrastructure investment gap:
Government inefficiency and low productivity blamed for
the failure to increase capital expenditure, by
Prahlad Rijal (kp 10/01/2020)
Steamer
service resumes in Kaligandaki river: The steamer
service, which has been in operation for the past 17
years, was temporarily closed this year in June with the
onset of monsoon, by Pratikshya Kafle (kp
24/10/2019)
Second
phase petroleum exploration works starting soon in
Dailekh (ht 15/10/2019), Petroleum
exploration in Dailekh after Tihar, by Govinda KC
(rep 22/10/2019)
People’s
Housing Programme remains incomplete in Saptari: A total
of 1,133 houses are to be built under the programme in
Saptari, by Abadhesh Kumar Jha (kp 03/10/2019)
Government
shortlists contractors for three ambitious projects,
including Nijgadh airport: Investment Board of Nepal has
roped in an Indian-Japanese joint venture, a Chinese and
a Swiss company to submit proposals for the projects,
by Rajesh Khanal (kp 24/09/2019)
Nepal
Infrastructure Summit 2019 kicks off (rep
12/09/2019), Nepal
Infrastructure Summit concludes (ht 13/09/2019), WB
report highlights private sector solutions (ht
13/09/2019)
Nepal
and India jointly inaugurate cross-border petroleum
pipeline: Prime ministers of both countries inaugurated
the project via videoconferencing from their respective
offices in Kathmandu and New Delhi, by Anil Giri (kp
11/09/2019), South
Asia’s first cross-border oil pipeline operational,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 11/09/2019), Oil
from pipeline: With the pipeline project coming into
operation, the govt should also come up with a plan to
expand it upto Kathmandu (ht 12/09/2019), Expansion
of petro pipeline to Chitwan feasible, says study
(ht 14/09/2019)
Feasibility
study of cable car construction begins in Badimalika
(ht 05/09/2019)
Locals
lament the 'emptiness' of the historical village of
Gairagaun: Gairagaun is where the pioneering Dalit
rights activist, Bhagat Sarbajit Bishwakarma, was born
and started his activism, by Prakash Baral (kp
20/08/2019)
Dry
port resumes operation after two days of shutdown,
by Ritesh Tripathi (rep 04/08/2019)
Five
Nepali dry ports to be internationalised (ht
31/07/2019)
The
government spent Rs 230 million on buildings for
squatters. Nobody moved in: The empty, eerie housing
project is a symptom of a haphazard, rushed
decision-making, by Tsering D. Gurung and Anup Ojha
(kp 25/07/2019)
First
phase of petroleum exploration completes, by Govinda
KC (rep 22/07/2019)
Country’s
cruise ship to operate in Narayani River, by
Tilakram Rimal (ht 21/07/2019), Narayani
River might offer riverboat cruises this Dashain, by
Sabita Shrestha (rep 21/07/2019)
Petroleum
pipeline successfully tested, by Upendra Yadav (rep
20/07/2019), Oil
pipeline will be a boon for the economy, but could make
Nepal further dependent on India, experts say: Nepali
officials say the cross-border pipeline will go into
commercial operation by August 15, by Sangam Prasain
(kp 20/07/2019), Cross-border
pipeline to supply only diesel: NOC (ht 23/07/2019)
Gasoline
could start flowing through the new pipeline next month,
say officials: A Nepal-India technical team is currently
conducting tests on the cross-border pipeline, by
Rajesh Khanal (kp 25/06/2019)
Developers
eye world’s second highest cable car project in
Gosainkunda: The 9.4 km Gosainkunda cable car project’s
upper terminal has been recommended at an altitude of
4,205 m, by Balram Ghimire (kp 09/06/2019)
Fuel
trade with India via pipeline soonNOC, IOC to meet in
first week of July to fix the date (ht 07/06/2019),
Pipe-laying
under cross-border fuel deliveryproject nears completion,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 08/06/2019)
Progress
in infrastructure sector found wanting, by Umesh
Poudel (ht 28/05/2019)
Chinese
firm signs contract to build dry port in Timure (kp
13/05/2019), Agreement
to build Rasuwagadhi dry port signed, by Himnath
Devkota (rep 13/05/2019)
Construction
of cross-border petro pipeline project nears completion
(ht 29/04/2019), Oil
pipeline project in final stage (ht 01/05/2019)
Amlekhgunj
oil pipeline to be extended to Chitwan, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 16/04/2019)
Gravity
lightens load for hard-working rural women (ht
05/04/2019)
People’s
Housing Programme remains ineffective in Sankhuwasabha,
by Dipendra Shakya (kp 02/04/2019)
Defunct
ropeway poses risk to settlements in Makwanpur, by
Pratap Bista (kp 26/03/2019)
Inland
waterways
become part of Nepal-India trade and transit treaties:
Once implemented, it will help drastically reduce
transit cost, officials say, by Anil Giri and Suresh
Raj Neupane (kp 21/03/2019)
Three
years on, storage sheds at Sirsiya Dry Port still
incomplete, by Shankar Acharya (kp 11/03/2019)
Experts
conduct feasibility study in Nawalparasi for inland
waterways, by Narayan Sharma (kp 06/03/2019)
PM
inaugurates Nepal Shipping Office (rep 14/02/2019),
PM
inaugurates country’s first shipping office (ht
15/02/2019), PM
opens Nepal Ship Office to link with Indian waterways
(rep 15/02/2019)
Local
units ban haphazard use of heavy equipment in
infrastructural development, by Hari Gautam (kp
23/01/2019)
Tree
clearance nod for pipeline project (ht 21/01/2019),
Nepal-India
pipeline project back on track: The cross-border project
had been stalled over a forest clearance issue (kp
27/01/2019)
PM
lays foundation stone for Chobhar dry port as locals
protest, by Rajesh Khanal (kp 18/01/2019), First
port of call: Address local concerns before
continuing work on dry port at Chobhar (kp
22/01/2019), State
is
forcing project by ignoring their plight, Chobhar
residents say‘How would you feel if they built
something on your front porch?’, by Asmita Manandhar
(kp 24/01/2019)
Lack
of disabled-friendly infrastructures mars education
sector, by Shuvam Dhungana (rep 24/12/2018)
Amlekhgunj
oil pipeline to come online in March, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 22/12/2018)
Infrastructure
in Valley inaccessible to differently-abled (rep
13/12/2018)
Electric
crematorium to be installed at Devghat Dham, by Ramesh
Kumar Paudel (kp 02/12/2018)
Nearly
50 percent of petroleum pipeline works completed: The pipeline
can pump 200,000 liters per hour, by Dilip Paudel (rep
14/11/2018), Nepal
completes nearly 80 percent of pipe laying works, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 21/11/2018), Cross-border
oil pipeline project nears completion, states NOC (ht
29/11/2018)
Govt
okays EIA of Motihari-Amlekhgunj pipeline (ht 07/11/2018)
Kalinchok
starts
Nepal’s third cable car service: Kalinchok Darshan Pvt
Ltd currently operates four cars and each can
carry 10 persons. Ticket price of Rs 500 is being reconsidered
says operator, by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 04/11/2018)
Biratnagar
customs opens ‘unfinished’ check post facility, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 30/10/2018)
Construction
of
dry port in Rasuwagadhi yet to begin: Construction of dry port
in Rasuwagadhi yet to begin: Chinese side delays work due to
unknown reason, by Himnath Devkota (rep 27/10/2018), by
Himnath Devkota (rep 27/10/2018)
Government
clears way for Amlekhgunj-Motihari project (kp 25/10/2018)
Planned
construction of Chobhar dry port in limbo (kp 24/10/2018)
Construct
disabled-friendly infrastructure: MoFAGA (ht 24/09/2018)
Well
connected: An advanced digital network and sustainable
transport will change the society for the better, by
Manish Pokharel and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 13/09/2018)
Motihari-Amlekhgunj
Pipeline Project: Pipe laying process 70 per cent
completed (ht 10/09/2018)
India
agrees
to build gas pipeline to Nepal: India is currently
building an oil pipeline linking Motihari and
Amlekhgunj. Seventeen km out of the 36.2-km section of
the pipeline has been completed (kp 01/09/2018)
Oil
pipeline project facing hassles: NOC (kp 25/08/2018)
PM
Oli inaugurates biogas pipeline system in Biratnagar,
by Deo Narayan Sah (kp 22/08/2018) [Nevertheless:
Nothing else to do?]
First
things first: Basics like transportation system and
drainage needs to be fixed before we talk about smart
cities, by Dinesh Malla (kp 03/08/2018)
Bhairahawa,
Nepalgunj ICP projects come back to life (kp
02/08/2018)
NOC
withdraws plan to promote ‘infeasible’ model petrol
pumps (kp 30/07/2018)
Don’t
repeat the past: Infrastructural projects have been
stalled since long. It’s time to change that, by
Hari Prasad Shrestha (kp 26/07/2018)
Tunnel
work of Bheri Babai project 50% complete, by
Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep 24/07/2018)
Congestion
plagues
Sirsiya Dry Port: With nearly 700 containers waiting to
be cleared and a further 900 more on its way, the Dry
Port is likely to choke under the strain, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 22/07/2018)
Motihari-Amlekhgunj
pipeline construction halted due to monsoon (ht
18/07/2018)
Bheri
Babai
tunnel halfway through: Tunnel boring machine has been
performing smoothly; Project entering weak zone with a
geological fault (kp 14/07/2018)
Development
or dependency: Urbanisation and destruction of farmland
is taking its toll on the Valley’s landscapes, by
Swetaa Amatya Shrestha (kp 10/07/2018)
Nepal-India
oil pipeline: 13km pipeline laying works completed,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 04/07/2018)
Sirsiya
Dry Port operations battered by heavy rainfall (kp
04/07/2018)
Construction
of Dodhara Chadani dry port soon (ht 01/07/2018)
No
clear strategy in big infrastructure projects: Experts;
Lack of proper utilization of limited resources a big
worry, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 20/06/2018), Coherent
strategy: Road and railway projects (rep 21/06/2018)
One-third
work on Raxaul-Amlekhgunj pipeline completed (ht
21/06/2018)
Construction
of Chobhar dry port to begin soon (ht 19/06/2018)
Sirsiya
Dry Port straining under load, by Shankar Acharya
(kp 03/06/2018)
Bheri
Babai project brings economic boom to locals, by
Krishna Prasad Gautam (kp 01/06/2018)
Nepal-India
oil pipeline: 10km pipeline laying works completed,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 22/05/2018), Motihari-Amlekhgunj
fuel pipeline to start operation in 30 months, by
Sujan Dhungana (ht 23/05/2018)
Let’s
set sail: Oli’s waterway project could at least be
successful in launching modern inland navigation within
Nepal, by Dikshya Singh (kp 18/04/2018), From
Sagarmatha To Sagar: Nepal’s Access to Sea, by AB
Thapa (sp 20/04/2018)
Piles
of uncleared cargo choke Birgunj dry port, by
Shankar Acharya (kp 18/04/2018)
India-Nepal
oil pipeline formally launched (rep 08/04/2018), Nepal-India
pipeline likely to be completed in 2020 (kp
10/04/2018), Pipe-laying
process of pipeline project begins (ht 20/04/2018)
CIAA
starts quality test of infra projects (kp
05/04/2018)
ICD
Chobhar construction to be sped up (ht 20/03/2018)
Oil
Pipeline project starts (kp 10/03/2018), Pipes
arrive en masse for vital oil pipeline, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 22/03/2018)
Govt
intensifies study on Kaligandaki-Tinau Diversion Project
; Govt intensifies study on Kaligandaki-Tinau Diversion
Project, by Mukti Prasad Nyaupane (rep 08/03/2018)
Cost
of building cross-border pipeline soars (ht
06/03/2018)
Bids
called for feasibility study for Korala dry port (kp
05/03/2018)
TBM
digging
progress ahead of schedule: Bheri Babai diversion
multipurpose project: At this pace, the tunnel will be
completed well before the March 2019 deadline (kp
03/03/2018)
Construction
of petro pipeline likely from Parwanipur-Pathlaiya
(ht 22/02/2018)
Pipes
for Amlekhgunj pipeline start arriving, by Shankar
Acharya (kp 25/01/2018)
Rasuwagadhi
dry port building okayed, by Balram Ghimire (kp
23/01/2018), Rasuwagadhi
border busy despite poor infrastructure (kp
27/01/2018)
Efficiency
of ports, acceleration in project implementation
stressed (ht 21/01/2018)
Rajbiraj-13
residents without drinking water, electricity (ht
01/01/2018)
Low
investment in infrastructure will impede growth (ht
30/12/2017)
Waiting
to be tapped: For water transport to thrive, supportive
legal and institutional infrastructure is an imperative,
by Dikshya Singh (kp 24/12/2017)
Logistic
mismanagement: Pileup of empty containers puts dry port
in disarray, by Sankar Acharya (kp 16/12/2017)
Cargo
tracking system to be launched next month, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 01/12/2017)
Next
NOC, IOC meet to decide petro pipeline laying date
(ht 28/10/2017)
Ensure
construction of disabled-friendly infrastructure, local
levels told (ht 25/10/2017)
ICD,
expo centre project expected to move faster (kp
16/10/2017)
800
houses to be built for poor families (ht 14/10/2017)
Bheri
Babai diversion multipurpose project: Tunnel boring
machine to be installed within a month, by Prakash
Adhikari (kp 09/10/2017)
500
more homes to be built for Chepangs, by Pratap Bista
(kp 05/10/2017)
Conditioned
happiness:
Nepal’s economic, social and human development has been
constrained by a lack of basic, adequate infrastructure,
by Achyut Wagle (kp 26/09/2017)
Construction
of Biratnagar abattoir in limbo (ht 25/09/2017)
Trenches
to
tunnels: Nepal Army needs to pay attention to planning,
accountability and transparency in infrastructure
building projects, by Sujeev Shakya (kp 12/09/2017)
Infrastructure
crunch hits services (ht 29/08/2017)
Race
against
time: With reconstruction of the country’s only
international stadium straggling, will Nepal be ready to
host the 13th South Asian Games?, by Adarsha Dhakal
(kp 26/08/2017)
Korala
port process gathers momentum, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
23/07/2017)
Electric
crematorium
stops functioning (ht 10/07/2017), Electric
crematorium
out of order for last 10 days (kp 21/07/2017)
Support
sought
to bridge resource gap in infrastructure sector (ht
19/06/2017)
First
port of call: Nepal needs a port authority that can be
entrusted with overseeing the operation and management
of dry ports, by Purushottam Ojha (rep 11/06/2017)
Works
on
ICD construction set to begin in Chobhar (kp
03/06/2017)
Work
on
Larcha dry port to resume post monsoon: The port in
Larcha is the only dry port on Nepal-China border (kp
02/06/2017)
Houses
for
Dalits limited to paper (ht 25/05/2017)
Govt
set
to buy 41 ha of land to ease port operations in Birgunj,
by Shankar Acharya (kp 24/05/2017)
More
people
opting for electric crematorium (ht 15/05/2017)
Nepal
clueless
about how to benefit from India’s South Asia Satellite
(ht 12/05/2017)
Infrastructure
development
and sharing regulation: Provisions that could create
monopolies to be amended, by Sanjeev Giri (kp
10/05/2017)
Petroleum
pipeline project hits a snag: NOC told to conduct EIA
study before cutting down trees, by Dilip Paudel
(rep 02/05/2017)
Govt
to
build houses for disadvantaged communities (ht
23/04/2017)
Something
in
the air: Looks like Dustmandu is going to continue to
live up to its name for the foreseeable future, by
Deepak Thapa (kp 06/04/2017)
Govt
mulls
pvt financing to build oil storage plants (kp
24/02/2017)
Experts
urge
higher investment in infra: Govt and AdB officials agree
on expediting institutional strengthening of KUKL
including the restructuring of its board (kp
21/02/2017), Private
sector urged to partner with govt for infra development
(rep 21/02/2017)
Feasibility
study
launched for dry port in Gulariya: Gulariya-Murtiha
border point has remained closed even seven years after
Nepal and India agreed to open it. This has created
difficulties for traders and local people, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 20/02/2017)
Prime
Minister vows to mobilize private sector for bridging
infrastructure gap (rep 20/02/2017), Investment
in
infrastructure must to unleash economic potential,
by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht 20/02/2017), 16
projects
to be implemented utilising India’s $340.22m line of
credit facility (ht 20/02/2017), CNI urges
govt to implement outcomes of infrastructure summit
(rep 23/02/2017)
Cable
car dreams: A French team of experts has found that a
cable car system for Kathmandu and Patan is feasible,
by Shyam Mohan Shrestha (rep 18/02/2017)
Experts
seek
practical water, energy policies (ht 16/02/2017)
Preparation
of
NVC laboratory hits a snag (kp 15/02/2017)
NOC
acts
to expedite oil pipeline project (kp 08/02/2017)
Some
positive
news: For a better future, by Uttam Devkota (ht
20/01/2017)
Amlekhgunj
oil
pipeline named priority project (kp 19/01/2017)
A
metro for the metro: The Valley needs an integrated
transit system that comprises bus and rail systems,
by Ashish Gajurel (kp 11/01/2017)
NOC
to
ask IOC to extend LPG pipeline up to Nepal border,
by Sujan Dhungana (ht 10/01/2017)
NOC
to extend petroleum pipeline up to Chitwan, by Dilip
Poudel (rep 04/01/2017)
Construction
work
of Timure ICD to begin (ht 25/12/2016)
‘Chandragiri
Cable
Car permitted to operate in haste’ (ht 22/12/2016)
Cables:
Source Of Power, Prosperity, by Prem Khatry (rn
20/12/2016)
Foundation
stone
laid for Pokhara cable car, by Birendra KC (kp
15/12/2016), Cable
car
to be built along Sedibagar-Sarangkot hub (ht
15/12/2016)
Govt
moves
to expedite petro pipeline project: Ministry of Supplies
is holding a multi-stakeholder meeting in
Amlekhgunj, Bara, on Friday, which will discuss
issues related to environment and local land use, by
Rajersh Khanal (kp 02/12/2016)
House
panel
tells IBN to finish pending jobs, bys Bibek Subedi
(kp 01/12/2016), Prime
minister has no time for IBN meetings: IBN has not been
able to hold even a single board meeting in the past
four months, by Rudra Pangeni (rep 01/12/2016)
Pancheshwar
DPR to be finalized by mid-February (rep 30/11/2016)
Infrastructure
development
procedures enacted (ht 09/11/2016)
Indian
consulting
company finalises DER of pipeline project (ht
09/11/2016)
Steamer
service
on Kali Gandaki attracting tourists, by Ghanshyam
Gautam (kp 30/10/2016)
NOC
to
spend Rs 5bn in infrastructure development: Oil storage
capacity to be raised to 388,000 kilolitres (ht
18/10/2016)
MCC
discusses
next steps with government (ht 06/10/2016)
Tuins,
tubes continue to claim lives, by Prem Chunara (rep
05/10/2016)
Raxaul-Amlekhgunj
petroleum
pipeline: Work to begin from ‘Jan 2017’ (kp
03/10/2016)
Pipe
laying
process of petro pipeline from Dec: Fetailed engineering
report of the Nepal-India cross-border project is
expected by October 10 , by Sujan Dhungana (ht
18/09/2016)
House
panel
asks for status report on Fast Track, airport projects
(kp 09/09/2016)
Pursuing
A Dream Of Inland Water Navigation, by Narad
Bharadwaj (kp 18/08/2016)
Chandragiri
Cable
Car service opens (kp 11/08/2016), Chandragiri
cable
car carries 20k visitors in first fortnight, by
Sangam Prasain (kp 27/08/2016)
Infrastructure
tariff:
NOC passes burden on to consumers, by Pushpa Raj
Acharya (ht 11/08/2016)
Financing
infrastructure:
Being ambitious about it is okay, but it should not be
used to score political points founded on
misplaced nationalism, by Chandan Sapkota (kp
19/07/2016)
Construction
of
view tower fails to take off, by Anup Ojha (kp
30/06/2016)
Nepal
applies
to AIIB for infra funding, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 29/06/2016)
Insurance
to
become mandatory for residential houses soon (ht
29/06/2016)
If
you
build it, they’ll come: The Bhairahawa-Lumbini-Butwal
corridor is set to become a major international transit,
transport and tourism hub, by Prahlad Rijal (kp
25/06/2016)
Construction
in
Siddharthanagar: Infrastructure development sets off
real estate boom, by Prahlad Rijal (kp 22/06/2016)
Valley’s
road,
electricity, water supply: Coordinating body proposed
for dev projects; Authorities told to complete road
works in one year (kp 15/06/2016)
IOC
team
to survey Nepal-India petroleum pipeline (ht
14/06/2016)
Cross-border
oil
pipeline project stirs back to life, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 04/06/2016), Nepal,
India
agree to speed up petro pipeline project: Talks in Delhi
end with an agreement to start a detailed technical
survey, land acquisition and tender process as soon as
possible, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (kp 08/06/2016)
Budget
2016-17:
Infrastructure development gets priority; Experts doubt
govt’s ability to implement (kp 29/05/2016)
Govt
all
set to phase out cable contraptions (ht 2o7/05/2016)
PADT
plans
to add third crematorium furnace (kp 18/05/2016)
Electric
crematorium:
Breaking stereotype, facility contributes to clean Bagmati,
by Anup Ojha (kp 11/05/2016)
Timure
locals
protest over land acquisition, by Krishna Thapa (kp
30/04/2016)
Govt
unveils
ambitious plan to build roads, railways: Spending platform
for transport infrastructure (rep 18/04/2016) [Dream,
dream, dream... Ten years ago, they also promised promised
an inclusive federal republic within 2 or 3 years; ten
years later they have reiterated the non-inclusive state!!]
Laying
Foundation
Of Airport In Pokhara, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km
16/04/2016)
Bagmati
corridor
to get solar lamps (kp 18/03/2016)
Pancheshwar
daydream:
India has dragged its feet on the Mahakali-based
multi-purpose project with a strong hydropower component,
by Ramesh Khatry (kp 23/02/2016)
Endless
disputes
delay infrastructure projects, by Amrita Anmol (kp
22/02/2016)
Lack
of
funds delays burial of unclaimed bodies (kp
21/02/2016)
KMC,
DoR
resume demolition drive (kp 21/02/2016)
Pancheswar
Multipurpose
Project: DPR integration to complete by March, by
Sanjeev Giri (kp 31/01/2016)
Electric
crematorium
to run from tomorrow (kp 23/01/2016), Electric
crematorium
to come into operation from today (ht 24/01/2016), Electric
crematorium
comes into operation at Pashupati: The building has a
cooling store for up to 20 bodies and separate rooms
with hot shower for the mourners (kp 25/01/2016), The
electric
option: PADT should offer both traditional and new
methods of cremation (kp 27/01/2016), In
its
first month, electric crematorium incinerates 510 bodies,
by Sanskriti Acharya (rep 23/02/2016)
Big
delays
in big projects: Across the country, hydropower and
infrastructure projects are on hold as the blockade
bites, by Sahina Shrestha (nt 22/01/2016)
NITDB
to
expand ICD Timure: The depot could be developed as
supply lifeline of Nepal (ht 21/01/2016)
Govt
team
starts study on dry port in Far West, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 13/01/2013)
$1.3b
to
be invested in road, energy projects (kp 01/01/2016)
Land-related
issues
biggest headache for infra projects (kp 18/12/2015)
Land
acquisition
begins for Rasuwa dry port, by Krishna Thapa (kp
14/12/2015)
Advocacy
for
self-reliance: Lessons must be learnt, by Mani Dixit
(ht 04/12/2015)
Cable
&
pulley contraptions details sought (ht 20/11/2015)
PADT
fails
to run its crematorium: PADT officials hope to operate
the facility after technicians from India return
after Tihar (kp 06/11/2015)
‘Nepal
needs
to improve basic infrastructure’ (ht 05/11/2015)
Path
less
travelled: Constructing ropeways will help to get
mountainous Nepal’s transport system off the ground,
by Rabindra Bahadur Singh (kp 04/10/2015)
Tarai
strikes
bring big infra projects to a halt, by Janak Nepal
(kp 11/09/2015)
Electric
crematorium:
PADT cremates two bodies on trial, by Anup Ojha (kp
05/09/2015)
‘Rs2.22t’
needed
to address infra gap (kp 31/08/2015)
Indian
team
in Capital to ink petro pipeline agreement (ht
24/08/2015), Petroleum
pipeline
pact signed: NOC and IOC expected to ink the deal for
construction soon (ht 25/08/2015), IOC,
NOC
sign B2B deal on petroleum pipeline (ht 26/08/2015),
Easing
supply (ht 26/08/2015)
Balaju
pool
in sorry state, by Anup Ojha (kp 16/08/2015)
India
approves
pipeline project, by Anil Giri and Sangam Prasain (kp
14/08/2015), Nepal,
India
to sign oil pipeline deal on Aug 24 (kp 18/08/2015)
Chandragiri
cable
car to be launched next year (ht 26/07/2015)
Rs6.32
million
raised from LPG users sits idle, by Rajesh Khanal
(kp 20/07/2015)
The
Urban
Nexus, by Nirendra Basnett (sp 03/05/2015)
‘Holy
pictures’
way to prevent public urination, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
30/06/2015)
Housing
sector
to require Rs 69.97bn next fiscal (ht 25/06/2015)
Infrastructure
sector
requires Rs 11bn for reconstruction next FY (ht
24/06/2015)
NFD
stresses
on disabled friendly infrastructure, by Pratichya
Dulal (kp 18/06/2015)
‘New
airports,
roads key driver for growth': Experts have stressed that
investment in infrastructure is a proven economic engine
as it not only drives growthbut creates lasting benefits
(kp 24/04/2015)
Igniting
growth
through infrastructure investments: Efficient
construction management is critical to control time,
cost, and quality of infrastructure works, by
Kenichi Yokoyama (rep 24/04/2025)
Focusing
infrastructure
with policy reforms: MCC focuses on three main
principles: sound governance policies, country ownership
and transparency, by Krishna Gyawali (rep
24/04/2015)
ICD
Larcha
hits a major roadblock, by Pushpa Raj Acharya (ht
21/04/2015)
New
infra
transforms Rasuwagadhi into trade hub , by Krishna
Thapa (kp 17/04/2015)
2
new cable car lines to be built in Pokhara, by Lala
Prasad Sharma (kp 15/04/2015), New
cable
car line to link Fewa Lake with Sarangkot, by
Santosh Pokhrel (rep 15/04/2015)
Warped
logic:
Poorly planned infrastructure projects can have
detrimental impact on environment, by Ganesh Paudel
(rep 15/04/2015)
China
to
build Rasuwa dry port (kp 11/04/2015), China
to
help build ICD in Timure (ht 11/04/2015)
Govt
signs
DPR agreement for cable car service in Pokhara (ht
01/04/2015), Construction
to
start this autumn, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp
03/04/2015), Locals
obstruct
cable car plans, by Lal Prasad Dharma (kp
05/04/2015)
Conflict
damaged
infrastructure: House committee tells govt to rebuild
(kp 31/03/2015)
Nepal-India
petro
pipeline: Nepal likely to share 27pc cost, by Rajesh
Khanal (kp 27/03/2015)
Experts
urge
Nepal to increase connectivity (ht 12/03/2015)
Feasibility
study
for valley cable car line to be done (kp 10/02/2015)
Nepal-India
pipeline:
IOC agrees to 5-year contract, by Rajesh Khanal (kp
05/02/2015)
Electric
crematoria
to operate within four months: PADT, by Anup Ojha (kp
30/01/2015)
‘Houses
for
Rautes’ project hits snag for want of budget (ht
25/01/2015)
India
‘willing’
to build gas pipeline too (kp 21/01/2015)
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