Loadshedding hours is known to decrease officially from Sunday.The melting of ice in the Himalayas and the pre-monsoon has made water level in the river and reservoir, to rise significantly which has unofficially reduced the load-shedding time. Bizmandu reports the loadshedding hours to be reduced by 2 hours to 8 hours per day, quoting NEA Executive Director Arjun Kumar Karki and the new schedule to release on June 1, 2014 (Jestha 18, 2071). Earlier the power cut hours was decreased by 2 hours on May 14, 2014.
Nepal being the second richest country in the world with water resources, has the enormous potential of producing 83,000 MW but we are living under maximum 12 hours per day of load-shedding for this year 2071. According to the studies, we are running short of 550 Mega watt electricity as the production lies around 750 Mega watt. Though the biggest Hydropower project Upper Tamakoshi is in full swing to generate 456 Mega watt electricity, it is not expected to give in to the national grid before mid 2016. Until then, we will have to live under no electricity. As Industries cannot sustain and flourish without the NEA supply, whole development of the country is under seize due to the loadshedding. Even after the operation of Upper Tamakoshi hydropower, the loadshedding won't be wiped out as the demand will also increase then. So, Government need to invest more in different hydropower projects in parallel so as to remove the loadshedding completely.
