Now 93 percent of Nepalese have access to electricity
Out of 753 local levels in Nepal, 476 local levels have been full electricity supply & 242 local levels have partial electricity . Nepal Electricity Authority has still not been able to supply electricity to 35 local levels.
According to the Electrification Statistics 2079 prepared by NEA after a detailed study of rural villages and municipal wards across the country, 92.51 percent of the total population have access to electricity. Among those who have access to electricity, 92.37 percent get electricity from the national grid and 0.14 percent from outside the grid.
Madhesh province has the highest electrification rate of 99.95% and Karnali province has the lowest electrification rate of 56.79%. 91.23 percent in Province 1, 97.47 percent in Bagmati, 97.76 percent in Gandaki, 96.73 percent in Lumbini and 78.85 percent in Far West Province.
Out of 77 districts, 42 districts have been fully electrified. Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Dhankuta, Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Ramechhap, Dolakha, Kavre, Sindhupalchok, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur are basically electrified districts.
Similarly, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Dhading, Chitwan, Tanahun, Lamjung, Kaski, Syangja, Palpa, Parbat, Mustang, Baglung, Gulmi, Pyuthan, Navalparasi, Bardghat Susta East, Navalparasi, Rupandehi, Argharkhachi, Kapilvastu, Dang, Banke, Bardia, Kailali. , Kanchanpur has basically been electrified.
75 to 95 percent electrification has been done in 14 districts namely Ilam, Panchthar, Terhthum, Sankhuwasabha, Khotang, Udaipur, Sindhuli, Makwanpur, Gorkha, Palpa, Myagdi, Rukumpaschim, Dati and Dadeldhura.
Taplejung, Bhojpur, Okhaldhunga, Manang, Rolpa, Salyan Surkhet, Dailekh, Acham and Darchula have 50 to 75 percent electrification.
7 districts namely Rukumpur, Jumla, Kalikot, Mugu, Humla, Bajhang and Baitadi are among the districts with 25 to 50 percent electrification. In 4 districts namely Solukhumbu, Dolpa, Jajarkot and Bajura only 0 to 25 percent electrification has been achieved.
National grid has not yet reached Dolpa, Mugu and Humla. The government has a program to electrify the places where the national transmission line cannot be reached through the alternative energy promotion center through solar, small hydropower and micro-hydro plants.
Kulman Ghising, executive director of the authority, said that within the next two years, work is being planned to fulfill the announcement of the government of Nepal to provide reliable and quality electricity service to all Nepalese people.
“In the financial year 2072-73, only 62.16 percent of households were electrified, but now it has reached 92.51 percent, out of 7 provinces, 4 provinces have been fully electrified”, he said, “Due to geographical difficulties and hardships, some electrification in the districts of Karnali Province Despite the delay, work is being done with high priority to bring electricity to everyone’s households within two years.
The authority is electrifying the hilly districts of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudurpaschim by taking concessional loans of 220 million US dollars and 28 billion rupees from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Executive Director Ghising said that the government’s investment and authority have set aside a portion of the profit they have earned to expand the reach of electricity to other areas.
Manoj Silwalal, Deputy Executive Director of the Authority’s Distribution and Customer Service Directorate, said that despite the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the increase in the price of construction materials and equipment, and the globally damaged supply chain, 10 more districts could be fundamentally electrified last year.
He said, ‘We have gone through the tender process to electrify the local levels that have been partially electrified and those that have not been electrified.
