Upper Trishuli 3A’s foundation stone laid

The foundation stone of 60-MW Upper Trishuli III ‘A’ was laid on Wednesday. With the country reeling under acute power crisis, the government is aiming at building the 60-MW project in three years.

Laying the foundation stone of the project located in Simle, Nuwakot, on Wednesday, Energy Minister Post Bahadur Bogati said the project will be a milestone in hydro development.

“Timely completion of the project will be instrumental in minimising load-shedding hours,” the minister said, assuring that the government will prioritise construction of hydropower projects. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 10.6 billion and is expected to be completed by May 1, 2014.

On February 25, 2011, the Cabinet approved a Chinese Exim Bank loan worth Rs 7.08 billion for the construction of the project. The interest rate on the loan is 1.75 percent and its repayment period is 20 years.

China’s Ambassador to Nepal Yang Houlan said Nepal has immense hydropower potential and China is willing to support the Nepali government to develop this sector.

Civil construction work of the project has already been started from June 1, 2011. Chinese contractor,China Gezhouba Group Corporation(CGGC), is carrying out the work. The power generated from the project will be supplied to a substation at Matatirtha in the Capital through a 220-KV 46-KK transmission line. The price of the electricity generated from the project is fixed at Rs 2.42 per unit.(Source:ekantipur)

APAR GURUNG'S NEW SONG EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE

Apar Gurung after a long years of interval, now he is back with his new song-"Aaja ko Raat"

TATTOOE on BREAST, Sushma Karki Following Karishma's Step ???

It is easy to follow what others do as long as talent is not involved. Karishma Manandhar‘s beauty is envied by every other actresses in Nepali movie industry and it is not much surprising if an aspiring actress follows her steps.

n the party of Bhuwan KC‘s daughter Kajal KC’s marriage, actress Sushma Karki sported a brand new tattoo on her breast. Covered partially by transparent saree and green blouse underneath, Shusma was proud to show off her new ‘sunny’ pride.

We talked about Karishma’s similar tattoo when she madered rose on her left breastand now, Sushma has copied the similar design in the exact same location. We wonder if Karishma coached Sushma on the design.

Let’s review more of Sushma Karki’s tattoo photos (Photo Credits – D.P. Shah).

Bhuwan KC daughter marriage – high profile people including EX-KING participated

Actor Bhuwan Kc had organized a huge party on the occasion of his daughter’s marriage. In the party, high profile gusts were invited including ex-King Gyanendra Shah. Ex-king arrived one hour before the party began and left offering his best wishes to the new couple and having a cup of black coffee.

Participants included speaker of the house Subash Nebwang, Chief of Army Chatra Man Gurung, ex-prime ministers Madhav Kumar Nepal and Surya Bahadur Thapa.

arious leaders of political parties including Ramchandra Poudel, Arjun Narsingh KC, Pashupati Shamsher Rana, Bamdev Gautam, Bharat Mohan Adhikari, and Ishwor Pokharel were also present in the party. In addition political leaders, most of the people of Nepali movie industry, journalists and businessmen were invited to the party. Present in the party were actors Shiva Shrestha,Rajesh Hamal, Raj Ballav Koirala, Sunil Thapa, and actresses like Karishma Manandhar, Rekha Thapa, Rejina Upreti, Yuna Upreti,Richa Ghimire and many others.

Kajal is Bhuwan’s daughter from his first wife, Vijaya KC. After their divorce, Vijaya with her daughter Kajal and son Vivek had been living in the USA. Vijaya and Kajal arrived from the US for the marriage ceremony to be held in Bhuwan’s home.

Bhuwan KC had been producing movies through a company named after his daughter Kajal – Kajal Films Pvt. Ltd. Kajal is married to a US resident Non-resident Indian Punit Roy who works with Kajal in the US. After the marriage the groom took the bridge to Soaltee Hotelwhere he was living. The new couple will go to Punit’s ancestral home in Delhi, India to complete the marriage rituals. After the completion of the formal marriage ritual in the home, they will fly back to the US.

In the event actress Sushma Karki sang a song to congratulate the new couple and Karishma Manandhar danced a little bit in the stage. Singer Shiva Pariyar also sang a sweet song in the ceremony.

Source: XNepali.Net

Nepal Telecom to upgrade ADSL services

With an aim to provide cost-effective and high speed broadband internet service to its customers, Nepal Telecom (NTC) is going to upgrade the capacity of its ADSL services.

The company has already started setting up separate broadband remote access servers (BRAS) in the Kathmandu Valley and some major cities outside the valley.

As the ADSL service users and rate of use has increased beyond its expectation, the company is going to install new devices taking into consideration the growing use, a press statement issued by the company said.

Out of the total ADSL capacity of 179,384, NTC has already connected 145, 654 lines in the country.

Similarly, the company is also preparing to distribute additional 53,000 ADSL lines within a year through NGN system.

Presently, NTC has been providing its ADSL service in all 75 districts.

The company has 10 Gbps national IP backbone and 3.2 Gbps international bandwidth. The company has been planning to upgrade its international bandwidth to 4.2 Gbps soon and 10 Gbps within a year.(Source:The Rising Nepal)

Sajha gears up to begin bus services anew

The government has intensified work to operate Sajha buses under a cooperative model as a means of mass transport in Kathmandu Valley. The Ministry of Labour and Transport Management recently submitted a proposal to this effect to the Prime Minister’s Office.

The increased number of vehicles, road accidents, traffic congestion and unmanageable parkings in the Valley has become a headache for the government. Even Prime Minister Babu Ram Bhattarai has taken the transport management issues seriously of late. Based on the directives issued by the PM to encourage mass transport in the Valley, the transport ministry had forwarded the proposal to re-operate the once famous Sajha buses.

“We have submitted a proposal for the operation of Sajha buses to the PM’s office as part of a plan to reduce vehicle congestion,” said Anil Gurung, the under secretary of the transport ministry. He was speaking in a meeting of the parliament’s Finance and Labour Relations Committee on Tuesday. He said the bus service will be operated with a completely new management system.

Putting an end to almost 50 years of government control, Sajha Yatayat had been transformed into a cooperative with directly elected board directors in May. It has been dysfunctional for the last four years, mainly due to irregularities and political interference.

Sajha Yatayat Cooperative has been planning to procure at least 20 new buses in the initial phase and gradually expand services. During its hey-days, Sajha Yatayat used to operate a total of 182 buses on different routes of the country.

In a separate plan to introduce a mass transport system, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City is also working to bring in a metro bus service in Kathmandu. It has already called for expression of interest to this effect from interested individuals and firms. Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, the spokesperson of the KMC, said the office is planning to operate at least 10 double decker buses for 24 hours a day. “We will soon start work to invite tender as this is also one of our major plans,” he said.

The KMC had decided to introduce metro buses with a view to providing reliable and efficient transport service in a public-private partnership as per a response to a suggestion given by the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division of Kathmandu (MTPD). The MTPD has been facing a tough time managing traffic congestion during office hours for lack of sufficient work force, delay in displacement of old vehicles, increased number of private vehicles and haphazard parking. (Source:ekantipur)

Kathmandu-Hetauda fast-track work gains momentum

The private sector has accelerated work to construct the Kathmandu-Hetauda Tunnel Highway road as per a new concept—’4P’—where even locals are involved as investors.

The highway is expected to be completed in the next four years with an investment of Rs 20 billion.

The proposed highway under the 4P—private, public, people and partnership sectors—will make travel to Hetauda from Kathmandu a one-hour-drive, while the distance covered will be 50 km. Under the 4P model, locals and the general people will invest Rs 10,000 while businessmen will invest Rs 100,000 each. Local government bodies and interested Nepalis living abroad and banks, too, can invest in the project.

As per the plan, each sector will contribute 25 percent of the total cost of the project. “There will be around 100,000 shareholders and the project will be an example for building big-budget infrastructure in a participatory manner,” said Kush Kumar Joshi, the president of the Kathmandu-Hetauda Tunnel Highway Stakeholders’ Committee. He was addressing a stakeholders’ meeting in Markhu, Makawanpur, on Saturday.

Joshi said they are planning to start work within a month after acquiring the survey licence for the detailed project report (DPR) from the government.

The Nepal Purbadhar Bikas Company Limited has been registered to undertake the highway construction project. The company has a total of 162 promoters, including 86 locals and 76 businessmen representing the private sector. Joshi, who is also the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) said they have already held consultations with Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, the Non-resident Nepalese Association and bankers in this regard.

Currently, people travelling to Hetauda have to take the Tribhuvan Highway route that is a 133-km stretch or the Kathamndu-Mugling-Hetauda section that is 227 km. Traffic on the planned tunnel highway or fast-track is expected to increase by 6,000 vehicles a day. Currently, the Tribuvan Highway sees 200 vehicles travelling to Hetauda every day. Lal Krishna KC, a member of the stakeholders’ committee and a highway expert, said they will first build a tunnel having a length of 3.5 km between Bhimphedi and Kulekhani in Makawanpur that can be crossed in three minutes. He said it will cost them around Rs 10 billion for the construction of the tunnel.

It is estimated that the company will start getting profits within 5-8 years of the highway’s operation. Once opened, traffic coming from the Western part of the country is also expected to opt the Mugling-Hetauda-Kathmandu route.

Apart from businessmen and locals, Nepali contractors, too, are joining hands to have the project completed. “We will soon begin consultations with international firms for the construction of the tunnel,” said Jayaram Lamichhane, the president of Federation of Contractors’ Association of Nepal (FCAN). He said the road will be built or widened by Nepali contractors, while the tunnel that needs more expertise will be built in partnership with international firms. (Source:ekantipur)

Oberoi Hotels sells Soaltee stake

In a large-scale secondary market sale of stock, Oberoi Hotels Private Limited of India on Tuesday sold its entire holding in Hotel Soaltee to Shiv Bikram Land and Investment—a Nepali institutional investor.

The Indian hotel chain sold its 6.84 percent stake (1.02 million units of shares) in the oldest five-star hotel of the country for Rs 142.8 million.

Earlier on July 17, Khetan Group had sold its 428,000 units of shares worth Rs 720 million in Bottlers Nepal to Gurkha Brewery through the secondary market.

Although the company’s share price was at Rs 186 per unit on Monday, Oberoi Hotels sold its shares for Rs 140 per unit as per the agreement reached earlier between the two parties. The two sides had signed a ‘Sales and Purchase Agreement’ on September 14 and the Department of Industries had given its go ahead to the deal. The Oberoi group had reached an understanding with the Soaltee Hotel management to sell the shares a couple of months ago. The group had to compromise on share price due to poor stock market performance.

After the Oberoi group pulling out its investment, the ownership of Nepali nationals in the hotel has reached 90 percent. “Oberoi has sold its entire stake to Nepali investors,” said a company source. “Now, only one foreign investor, Holiday Inn, has its stake in the hotel.”

Soaltee Enterprises owns the largest stake in the hotel. Nepal Airlines Corporation has 12 percent and Holiday Inn Investment Nepal, a subsidiary of Holiday Inn, has around 10 percent stake in the hotel.

Oberoi Hotels is operated by Indian Company Oberoi Group which operates 29 hotels across the globe.(Source:ekantipur)

Miss Nepal's Anupama Aura Gurung SUPERHOTSEXY in BIKINI

Miss Nepal 2011's 1st RunnerUp Anupama Aura Gurung Looks Perfect, probably the Best Ever Miss Nepal in SwimSuit. She will be representing Nepal at Miss Earth that will be taking place in Manila, Phillipines on the 3rd of December! All The GoodLucks To Her. 

Source Lex Limbu

MLTR ARRIVES IN KATHMANDU NEPAL (PHOTO GALLERY)

Danish pop-soft rock band Michael Learns To Rock (also known as MLTR) arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

The internationally acclaimed band scheduled to perfom at Tundikhel on Saturday was received by concert organisers at the Tribhuvan International
Airport with Khadas and garlands.

Formed in 1988, the three member band comprises singer-key boardist Jascha Ricther, drummer Kåre Wanscher, and guitarist Mikkel Lentz. The band has sold over 11 million records worldwide, and is very popular in Asia with hits including ‘Sleeping Child’, ’25 Minutes’, ‘Out of the Blue’ and ‘Paint My Love’ from their second album Colours (1993) which sold over 1.1 million records. They will perform their hit numbers to a large Kathmandu crowd that eagerly awaited the arrival of the band since the past many weeks.

The band has produced seven studio albums as well as many live and greatest hits albums, and are currently recording their eighth studio album.

The band will be staying at Radisson Hotel in Lazimpat for the duration of their visit.

This is the second time in a year that Kathmandu is witnessing a concert by internationally acclaimed musicians. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams had performed in February this year. nepalnews.com