Sorry state of rural electrification in Nepal

Problem :

"Under the community-led model, user groups partnered with the government to being electricity to villages that were off the grid. Communities took charge of distribution, maintenance, and even shared 20 per cent of construction costs, with government providing the rest. These community-managed systems are so well administered that pilferage is non-existent and most are making decent profits. This is in stark contrast to the badly managed and nearly insolvent NEA. Following electrification under this model, schools have introduced computers, health posts have started refrigerating vaccines, and small-scale industries are being set up."

"Faced with crippling power cuts in the capital, it is easy to forget about the 55 per cent of rural Nepal that isn't connected to the grid. But community electrification is one of Nepal's few success stories, and high-level visits from Bhutan and Laos indicated international interest in the model. By forcibly incorporating a community-driven program into the centralised and ineffective institution that is NEA, the government is guaranteeing that its success will

be short-lived."

(Source: Nepali Time)

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Solution :

World Bank recent came out with this report for India - " Analysis of Models for Improving Rural Electricity Services in India through Distributed Generation and Supply of Renewable

Energy Click here to read