ARREST BHATTARAI

RAM CHANDRA PAUDEL CALLS FOR BABURAM BHATTARAI ARREST WITHOUT NAMING HIM
Kathmandu, 28 July:: Without naming Baburam Bhattarai,, NC
Vice-president Ram Chanadra Paudel Saturday called for his arrest for
provoking former King Gyanendra, Annapurna Post reports.
“Pers0n inciting Gyanendra should be arrested.
 Attack is being launched Congress by inciting Gyaanendra,”Paudel told a training for party workers in the capital..
“Nepal ia country of conspiracy. There has been unity between xxtreme
rights and extreme communists to weaken democracy.”
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WORK RESUMES ON MARSYANDI
Kathmandu, 28 July:: After four days of interruption, construction work on the 50-MW Upper Marsyandi Hydropower Project is all set to resume Sunday, Prem Kumar Ghalewrites in The Kathmandu Post from Lamjung..
Citing lack of security, contractor Sino Hydro had halted the construction work on Wednesday. After six-year-old Akanshya Tamang of Khudi was drowned in the Marsyandi River last Saturday, the locals blamed the project for the incident and vandalised the projects’ vehicles.
Arjun Gurung, the project’s communications officer, said the developers decided to restart the construction work after the local administration committed to ensure security to the project and bring the vandals to the book. “A tripartite meeting between local political leaders, administration and project officials decided to ensure security to the project and take action against the culprits,” he said.
Sang Yu Min, president of Sino Hydro, had also observed the project in course of the dialogues to resolve the problem. While returning from the project site, he had informed that the project would be resumed. Earlier, the developer had sent a letter to the Embassy of China in Kathmandu, stating there was working environment at the project site. Stakeholders said as Lamjung has been recognised an investment-friendly district, the project should not be closed under any circumstances. “We will try our level best to ensure security to the project,” said Chief District Officer Baburam Bhandari.
The project said it incurred a loss of Rs 400,000 per day during the closure. Sino Hydro holds a 90 percent share in the project, while Nepali developer Sagarmatha Hydropower Company holds the rest.
According to the developers, the construction of the run-of-the-river project will cost around Rs 10 billion. As per the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the project will receive 6.95 cents from the government for per unit energy.
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SMALLER PARTIES SEEK CLARIFICATION FROM CPN MAOIST
Kathmandu, 28 July: Smaller parties in the 33-party alliance have sought written clarification from their coordinator Mohan Baidya over the CPN-Maoist’s ‘alliance with royalists’, The Kathmandu Post report..
In a closed door meeting at the CPN-Maoist office in Kupandole on Saturday, the parties threatened to withdraw their support if the Maoists wanted to join hands with monarchists.
Matrika Yadav of CPN (Maoist), Pasang Sherpa of Social Democratic Party, Khagendra Makhim of Federal Democratic National Forum, Mani Thapa of Revolutionary Communist party, Buddha Raj Syantan of Adhivasi Janajati party and Sita Ram Tamang of CPN (Unified) voiced their reservation over the alliance as reported in the media.
“We clearly told him [Baidya] that we cannot accept an alliance with the ex-king or his loyalists at any cost,” said Pasang Sherpa. Chairman Baidya and Secretary Netra Bikram Chand have said their party is ready to make alliance with the royalists. Baidya later corrected his statement saying that his party can work with royalists including Kamal Thapa if they accepted republicanism, secularism and federalism.
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