Today I went to Binayak's home and met his
family - Mom, Dad and his small daughter.
On the way back though, had to take shelter
in a couple of tea shops just above the bridge
(Kalo Pul) first for about half and hour, then
a shop just beyond it. A cup of tea cost me Rs7.
Spent time watching people trying to get away
from the rain mud water splashed from
potholes on the roads, as the vehicles slowly
went about.
Discussion at Binayak's revolved around
the current situation of load shedding and light-less
days and nights Nepalese have been forced to
spend. His dad had apparently worked in the
Nepalese National planning comission and advised
ministers on Hydro issues. He talked about
the comission based approval of hydro power
and subsequent collapse of Arun III as both
Nepali Congress and UML both did not let
the project get through due to not enough
comission and predicted that the situation
will not change for another 6-7 years to come.
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