SECOND DAYOF NATIONAL GAMES

SECOND DAY OF 6TH NATIONAL GAMES

Kathmandu, 27 Feb.: Athletes will compete for top places in events on the second day of the week-long 6th National Games in Dhangadi Monday being held for the first time in the far-West.
The event is being held for the first time in 13 years with the competition disrupted partially by the 10-year Maoist insurgency
The nation hasn’t yet fully recovered from the civil war’s consequences
The launch of the sporting event was delayed by two hours amid widespread
complaints of mismanagement.
Nirjala Tamrakar of the Central Region bagged the first gold medal not in
Dhangadi but in Kavre in the National Mountain Bike Championship
Events are being hosted by Dhangadi, Tikapur and Mahendranagar in the
far-West and outside the region.
Shaila and Shailesh Rana sisters from the Central Region won a record eight medals, including four golds, in swimming during on the first day in Birgunj.
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HAN POSITIVE IN RUNNING CAPTIVE PLANTS
Kathmandu, 26 Feb : A committee formed to study the possibility of harnessing of spare energy generated from captive power plants has proposed to the hoteliers to use their captive power plants round the clock during dry season, Republica reports.

During a recent meeting with officials of Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), coordinator of the committee and Immediate Past President of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Kush Kumar Joshi said optimum utilization of captive power plants at business firms could be the best solution to resolve power crisis. “In return, we are preparing to propose to the government some sort of incentives to those firms to ensure regular power supply,” Joshi told the meeting.

The government had formed the committee under Joshi about a couple of weeks ago. The committee includes representatives from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ministry of Energy and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA). Joshi said they would make similar requests to malls, business complexes and industries as well.

Responding to Joshi, HAN President Shyam Sundar Lal Kakshapati said the hoteliers were positive about the proposal. “We have taken the committee´s proposal in a positive manner,” Kakshapati said, adding: “We have already started preliminary discussions as we need to make sure whether hotels are in a position to operate power plants round the clock.”

Some of the hoteliers said they were positive about operating captive power plants round the clock provided that the government ensures diesel at subsidized price and ensures uninterrupted supply. “There should be interrupted supply of fossil fuel if we are to operate power plants 24 hours a day. Also, our operating cost must not rise,” a hotelier told Republica.
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