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Mr. Bishnu P. Paudel
Hon'ble Minister

Mr. Shanker P. Koirala
Secretary

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Mr. Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Hon'ble Minister

Mr. Shanker Prasad Koirala
Secretary

Department of Irrigation
Mr. Madhu Sudan Paudel
Director General

Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention
Mr. Shyam P. Rajbhandari
Off. Director General

Department of Electricity Development
Mr. Sriranjan Lacoul
Director General

Water and Energy Commission Secretariat
Mr. Kishor Thapa
Act. Secretary

Nepal Electricity Authority
Mr. Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Chairman
Mr. Uttar Kumar Shrestha
Managing Director

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Ministry of Water Resources

Water is an important natural resource of Nepal. The immense quantity of water available in the country and its potentiality to generate hydro based power and irrigate significant percentage of the total agricultural land, provide us the opportunity of overcoming the barriers of economic development in this beautiful Himalayan country.

The responsibility of utilization and management of this resource lies in the Ministry of Water Resources. Management of production of energy for the expansion of industrial and economic activities, preparation plan and policies and their implementation regarding development of irrigation for the efforts to achieve agricultural development targets are the objectives of this ministry.

Ministry of Water Resources
Singh Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel. : 977-1-4211511
Fax : 977-1-4211510

E-mail : mowr@most.gov.np

Website : http://www.mowr.gov.np