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Hydropower Developers asked to Renew Survey License by mid-July

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Hydropower Developers asked to Renew Survey License by mid-July
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June 29: Projects involved in production, transmission and distribution of electricity have been told to renew their survey license by mid-July. A recent ministerial-level meeting of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation took a decision to this effect.

The District Administration Office, Kathmandu has relaxed the prohibitory order since June 22. Therefore, the ministry has said that the survey licenses of the projects should be renewed by mid-July.

According to the ministry, the promoters of the projects will have to apply to the Department of Electricity Development for the renewal of the survey license by mid-July along with the prescribed fee. The ministry said that the department will renew the survey license for a period of less than five years.

The government had imposed a complete lockdown in the country for four months from March 24, 2020 after the onset of the first wave of Covid-19. Since then, prohibitory orders have been enforced repeatedly.

The prohibitory order has been imposed in various districts including Kathmandu Valley since April 29, 2021 after the second wave of coronavirus started taking massive toll on human lives. As a result, the projects with a survey license till March 23, 2020 have not been able to renew their licenses. Issuing a notice to the promoters on Sunday, the ministry has called for renewal of license as the ban has been lifted.

Spokesperson of the Ministry Madhu Prasad Bhetwal said that the projects should renew their survey licenses within the given period.

“Banks have also been shut down due to repeated lockdowns. As a result, the promoter companies were unable to pay the fees. But now that the ban has been lifted, the banks are also open,” he said, “This is the last chance for renewal. Therefore, the concerned projects will have to move ahead with the process of renewing the survey license within this period.” He further said that the additional fees may be charged if the renewal process is not done during this period.

 

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