Energy Minister Khadka hounds power utility chief with new clarification letter

Explanation sought over ‘poor performance’, transformer purchases, ‘lack of cooperation’.

Six months into the tenure of the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the rift between the government and Kulman Ghising, the executive director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), shows signs of further escalation. On Monday, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Dipak Khadka sent Ghising a nine-point letter asking, “Why should you not be sacked from your position?”