Kathmandu. Energy entrepreneurs have sent sms to the chief whips of all political parties for the last time to withdraw the provision of take-and-pay (Liu and Tir) in the power purchase agreement brought by the government in the budget.
Mohan Kumar Dangi, senior vice-president of independent energy producers’ association Nepal (IPPAN) and coordinator of the movement committee, said that the energy entrepreneurs sent sms to the chief whips of Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, Maoist Center, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Unified Socialist and Janata Samajbadi at the same time on the day of the passage of the budget by the parliament.
Stating that the provision of take-and-pay PPA has been brought to stop private sector investment in energy, they said in the SMS that the private sector will end, cause load shedding, drown investors and finish the country’s economy. mentioned.
Power purchase agreement (PPA) will be signed as per the take-and-pay concept of river flow-based (ROR) hydropower project in the budget unveiled on May 15. The energy producers have been protesting since June 15 as the government is not serious about taking initiatives for amendments by objecting to this terminology.
The energy entrepreneurs, who submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on June 14, had also sent sms to Prime Minister Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel, Energy Minister Deepak Khadka and Nepal Electricity Authority Executive Director Hitendra Dev Shakya on June 14, urging them to cancel take-and-pay.
On June 14, all energy entrepreneurs wrote a message on social media demanding the scrapping of Take and Pay on black banners.
Although there were reports that top leaders, including ruling partner Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Prime Minister Oli, have agreed to amend this point after Energy Minister Deepak Khadka insisted that the Take and Pay PPA should be amended, IPPAN continued to take precautions by sending SMS to the chief whips as per the schedule of its gentle movement.
