476 local levels fully electrified, 35 still out of NEA coverage

By Laxman Kafle, Kathmandu, Sept. 2: Almost 111 years after the first hydropower – Pharping Hydropower – was established by Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher Rana as Chandrajyoti hydro-electric power station in Pharping, Kathmandu, in 1911, electricity has reached 92 per cent population of Nepal.