NEA-installed 51 fast charging stations in operation
File photo Kathmandu, September 7 Fifty-one fast charging stations installed by the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) were inaugurated on Wednesday. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Shakti Bahadur Basnet and Ministry Secretary Dinesh Kumar Ghimire jointly inaugurated a fast charging station set up at Nepal Police Club, Bhrikutimandap on Wednesday. Such fast charging stations have been constructed along the main highways of the seven provinces, bus stations and major cities. These have been constructed under the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Development Project with investment of NEA, the concessional loan of the Asian Development Bank and the technical assistance of the Norwegian government. The charging stations were constructed with an investment of around Rs 400 million. Big buses, micro buses, trucks, pickups and cars can be charged in 26 of the charging stations while big and small cars can be charged in 25. On the occasion, Basnet described...