Kathmandu, September 23 Newly appointed Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Dir

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Kathmandu, September 23 Newly appointed Nepal Electricity Authority Managing Director Dirghayukumar Shrestha has said that alternative energy sources are being explored to ensure a smooth electricity supply during the winter season. Assuming office at the authority’s Darbar Marg office on Wednesday, Shrestha said the reconstruction of hydropower projects damaged by the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa on August 26 was his top priority. He said work had already begun to reconnect projects damaged by floods in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers in Rasuwa to the national power system. “We are also considering alternatives to ensure a smooth electricity supply during the winter. The Ministry of Energy and the Nepal Electricity Authority have formed a task force for this purpose. We will not allow problems in electricity supply during the winter. Providing services and quality electricity to the people will remain my priority,” he said. Shrestha said the authority would work on both immediate and long-term strategies for the reconstruction of hydropower projects damaged by the floods.