Kulekhani which means ‘mine of water’ in Nepali lies only 50 kilometers from Kathmandu,Nepal's capital city.The watershed provides 17 percent of the country's hydropower. Kulekhani is one of 15 similar hydropower projects in Nepal and it may well be the starting point of a new era in the relationships between upland communities in the catchments that feed hydroelectricity plants and the companies that turn waterflows into sustainable energy and profits.
Publication year
2007
Authors
Language
English
Keywords
hydroelectric power, rural areas
Geographic
Indonesia
