The licenses were extended after the department revised the survey license fee structure from a range of Rs 50,000 to Rs 200,000 in the past to Rs 1 million to Rs 6 million in October 2012.
According to the DoED, 13 survey licenses that were issued in the last six months comprise small-, medium- to large-scale hydro projects. The projects are: 6MW Buku Khola in Solu, 10.5MW Lower Nyadi in Lamjung, 24.8MW Bajra Madi in Kaski, 60MW Bhotekoshi V in Sindhupalchwok and 27.2 MW Khimti II in Ramechhap.
Other projects that obtained new survey licenses are: 254MW Upper Budi Gandaki in Gorkha, 7.6MW Rudi Khola B in Kaski, 3.75MW Dwari Khola in Dailekh, 10MW Daram in Baglung, 5MW Hewa A in Panchthar, 2.3MW Upper Puwa in Ilam, 300MW Dudhkopshi in Khotang and 4MW Garchyang in Kaski.
The government had earlier raised survey license fees to curb developers´ proclivity of holding project licenses for resale purpose.
“Following the upward revision in fees, the DoED had asked all applicants to refer to the revised rate structure,” Gokarna Raj Pantha, senior divisional engineer at the DoED, told Republica.
As per the amendment in the regulation, hydro project survey license fees have been divided into six categories.
The new fees are: Rs 1 million for 1MW to 5MW projects, Rs 2 million for projects of 5 MW to 10 MW, Rs 3 million for 10MW to 25MW projects, Rs 4 million for projects of 25 MW to 100 MW, Rs 5 million for 100MW to 500MW projects and Rs 6 million for hydro projects of above 500 MW.
Earlier, the minimum survey license fee was Rs 50,000, with maximum standing at Rs 200,000.
“The hike in survey license fees has discouraged the tendency of holding license without putting due efforts to develop projects,” Pantha said.
According to Panta, the DoED issued 23 survey licenses for different projects with installed capacity of 1,233 MW in the same period a year ago.
“With the upward revision in license fee structure, only genuine developers will think of applying for the license,” Pantha said.
The DoED had earlier warned more than 1,600 different applicants to pay survey license application fees as per the revised rate if they want to secure their licenses.
Source : Republica
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