PROMOTERS CLOSE DOWN JHIMRUK POWER PLANT Kathmandu, 10 Jan..: Butwal Power Company (BPC), promoters of the 12 MW Jhimruk Hydropower located in Pyuthan district, have closed down the power plant until security of the site in ensured. Locals this week vandalized the plant protesting load-shedding. The power plans offers electricity to districts in the far-West. Nnnn DECISION TO BUY THERMAL PLANT OVERTURNED Kathmandu, 10 Jan.: A board decision of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) To purchase a thermal plant to meet increased power needs has been overturned by the board itself Wednesday. The tender for the purchase has been withdrawn after protests. Nnnn PROF. DR. DURGA PRASAD DUWADI DEAD Prof. Dr.. Durga Prasad Duwadi died Wednesday whle undergoing treatment at a hospital. The Sanskrit scholar was 85. nnnn UCPN MAOIST PREARATORY COMMITTEE FOR CONVENTION MEETS Kathmandu, 10 Jan.: The preparatory committee of a general convention in February of UCPN Maoist meets later Thursday. A proposal in being presented saying internal preparations haven’t been completed. Nnnn