Kathmandu, Dec 20: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Kulman Ghising has emphasized advancing the construction ofthe 225 MW Saptakoshi multipurpose hydropower project with a reservoir to address erosion in the lower banks of the Narayani River and promote overall development in Chitwan and Nawalparasi districts.Speaking at a programme organized today by the Chitwan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Narayanghat, he stated the Saptakoshi hydropower project should be built in a way that it would not submerge the religiously significant Devghat area.He further stressed that benefits should be derived from reservoir projects in the upper plains, such as...