From darkness to light

From 18 hours of load-shedding till 2017, Nepal is now in a position to supply excess energy.

For nearly a decade until 2017, people in Nepal had to endure the uncertainty of frequent power- outages lasting up to 18 hours . Kulman Ghising was appointed as managing director of the Nepal Electricity Authority in 2016, and people expected improvement, but the task of pulling Nepal out of abject darkness was still an uphill task. Yet, within a year, there was a flicker of hope and that some stability had been restored concerning the long hours of load-shedding, which had virtually paralysed life. And the first few months of uninterrupted supply of electricity was quite disorienting for the vast majority who had been so used to living their life according to the power outage schedule provided by the Nepal Electricity Authority.