UN STATE DEPT. OFFICIAL COMES SUNDAY TO REVIEW STATUS OF PEACE, CONSTITUTION DRAFTING PROCESSES

LOCALS IN FAR-WEST DEMAND IMPLEMENTATION OF WEST SETI POWER PROJECT

Kathmandu, 24 March: Residents of Dadeldhura in the far-West stopped Minister of State for Water Resources Suryaman Dong demanding
Implementation of the 750MW West Seti power project from returning to the capital by obstructing movement of his vehicles Saturday on the highway.
by blocking movement of obfomore thattwo hours oblocals have urged the government not to halt the West Seti Hydro Project.
The minister was en roué to the capital after inspecting a power
project in the district.
Government awarded the project to China giving a company a 75 percent majority stake to develop the project without a tender.
Objections have raised in and out of government to the
Procedure.
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US STATE DEPT.OFFICIAL COMESSUNDAY TO REVIEW STATUS OF PEACE, CONSTITUTION DRAFTING PROCESSES
Kathmandu, 24 March: A high ranking U.S. official is arriving Nepal on Sunday to take stock of the status of the ongoing peace process and constitution writing, RSS reports.
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Dr Alyssa Ayres is arriving on a five-day official visit to Nepal tomorrow.
In course of her visit here, the U.S. high official will separately call on the President, the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. She is also scheduled to meet separately with the top leaders of the major political parties, senior government officials and civil society leaders.
Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy, Kathmandu, Terry White confirmed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ayres' visit but said did not know clearly about the schedule of her meetings.
Ayres assumed office two years back and she has been looking after India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives affairs at the U.S. Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
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