In the case of a community system, people may be interested in receiving the service but will most probably be annoyed when it comes to paying for maintenance. However, good examples of community participation have emerged in the areas of community forestry and conservation and local development introduced by the Annapurna Conservation Progamme and could be easily replicated for something as urgent as community electrification.

Prakash Khanal

Prakash Khanal is a Nepali science and environmental journalist and former editor of RONAST Science Features as well as General Secretary of the Science Writers Association of Nepal. Your emails will be forwarded to him by contacting the editor at:
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