Er. Krishna Neupane

Despite decades of political attention, the Budhigandaki Hydropower Project remains unimplemented. The core issue is not design or resource uncertainty, but governance fragmentation and weak execution systems. Repeated leadership changes and politicized institutional dynamics have undermined continuity, while compensation and resettlement challenges remain unresolved.

When Water Works: A Lesson from Jumla The potential of effective water governance is already visible within Nepal. Mr. Gor Bahadur Budha, a native of Chukeni in Jumla District, provides a compelling example. With limited formal higher secondary education but extraordinary commitment, and leadership; he spent more than a decade advancing a vision of local prosperity through water based rural economy development.

Nature and Economy Nature is the connective fabric of all existence, and the sustainability of human well-being cannot be envisioned without safeguarding it. Every policy designed to strengthen economies and improve livelihoods ultimately depends on the health of natural systems. Yet many contemporary goals, whether advanced by the private or public sector, often collide with ecological limits, encroaching too closely on nature’s boundaries.