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Kathmandu Wednesday December 27, 2000 Paush 12, 2057.
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Lawmaker holds jeep for
electricity
Post Report
HETAUDA, Dec 26 - Lawmaker from the
Constituency No-3 of Makawanpur, Bir Bahadur Lama, said he held a jeep owned by the
Kulekhani hydro-electric project under his control for three hours for not providing
electricity to the villages affected by the project.
MP Lama said the seizure of the vehicle (Ba 1
Yan 1229) was a token of protest against the government, which had allocated only Rs
750,000 in the area. The government has allocated Rs 3.9 million for this fiscal year to
the district for rural electricity.
The jeep was given back to the project chief,
Rajendra Hada, after Hada agreed to supply electricity to the project-affected area.
Earlier, elected representatives of the
Constituency had handed over a 13-point demand to the Ministry of Water Resources through
the Chief District Officer. MP Lama warned of further protests unless their demands were
fulfilled by the ministry.
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