Nawalparasi, June 3 (RSS): Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun on Saturday viewed that increasing trade deficit could be decreased by reducing the import of cooking gas in the country. “In the next 10 years, the country will generate enough electricity, which could be used for cooking thus decreasing dependence on cooking gas. As a result, the trade deficit would decrease,” he said referring to the import of cooking gas worth approximately Rs 24 billion yearly.
There is a need to decrease trade deficit tantamount to approximately 7.5 billion ever year by cutting dependence on the import of fuel, he said while inaugurating a biogas plant at Ramgram in Nawalparasi.
On the occasion, Minister of Province 5 for Physical Infrastructure Baija Nath Chaudhary said the province government would provide assistances to establish small and big biogas plants in the district.
Executive Director of the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) Ram Prasad Dhital said the Centre agreed to help various 37 municipalities across the country set up big commercial biogas plants, while identifying the importance of biogas plants in generating energy and keeping environment clean.
The plant was set up by Aanvipower Energy and Fertilizer Private Limited with grants from the AEPC and the World Bank and help from the Climate Investment Funds.
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