September 2: Government's plan of providing electricity facility to every household of Nepal is in the phase of completion. The remaining houses of Nepali citizens would have access to clean energy within two years if the activities are forwarded as per the government's plan. Out of 753 local levels, 476 local levels have been fully electrified.    
Similarly, 242 local levels have been partly electrified. The government and Nepal Electricity Authority have been involved in a plan to provide full services to the partly electrified local-levels.    
Likewise, 35 local levels have not yet received any electricity service. The NEA has been taking initiatives in a planned manner keeping these local levels in mind. Specially, some local levels of Karnali yet to benefit from electricity service.    
The NEA has already announced tender by making arrangement of budget worth Rs 28 billion to electrify these areas. The NEA has made preparation to provide access to electricity in all the local levels within the next two years.    
As per the Electrification Statistics-2079 prepared by the NEA by carrying out detailed study of all local levels, out of the  total population of Nepal, 92.51 per cent population have access to electricity.    
Madhes province has the highest electrification rate of 99.95 per cent and the lowest is in Karnali province which is 56.79 per cent.    
Province 1 has 91.23 per cent electrification, 97.47 per cent in Bagmati, 97.76 per cent in Gandaki, 96.73 per cent in Lumbini and 78.85 per cent in Sudurpaschim provinces.    
So far, 42 districts, out of 77, are fully electrified. They are Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Dhankuta, Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Ramechhap, Dolakha, Kavrepalanchowk, Sindhupalchowk, Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Dhading, Chitwan, Tanahu, Lamjung, Kaski, Syangja, Palpa, Parbat, Mustang, Baglung, Gulmi, Pyuthan, Nawalparasai ( Bardghat-Susta East), Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Arghakhanchi, Kapilvastu, Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur.    
Likewise, 14 districts : Ilam, Panchthar, Tehrathum, Sankhuwasabha, Khotang, Udaypur, Sindhuli, Makwanpur, Gorkha, Palpa, Myagdi, Rukum West, Doti and Dadeldhura have witnessed 75-95 percent of electrification while 10 districts : Taplejung, Bhojpur, Okhaldhunga, Manang, Rolpa, Salyan, Surkhet, Dailekh, Achham and Darchula have reported 50-75 percent electrification.    
Seven districts: Rukum East, Jumla, Kalikot, Mugu, Humla, Bajhang and Baitadi are those district where 25-50 percent electrification has been carried out so far while four districts: Solukhumbu, Dolpa, Jajarkot and Bajura has just 25 percent electrification.    
Dolpa, Mugu and Humla still have no access to national grid and the government has the programme of implementing the electrification project: solar and micro hydropower through the Alternative Energy Promotion Center.    
NEA managing director Kulman Ghishing said works are in progress in a planned way in line with the government's announcement to ensure reliable and quality electricity service to the entire Nepali people by 2024.    
In the fiscal year 2072-73 BS, only 62.16 percent households in Nepal were electrified and now this figure has increased to 92. 51 percent. Four provinces, out of seven, are almost completely electrified.    
The electrification in Karnali Province has been slightly delayed due to its geographical challenges and remoteness.    
The NEA is implementing the electrification projects in hill districts of Lumbini, Karnali and Sudur Paschim Province with around Rs 28 billion soft loan from the Asian Infrastructure Bank and the European Investment Bank. -- RSS