Nepal: Geology and Geography

Geologists in Nepal are working in very diverse sectors. There are some organizations and associations in the country which are responsible for promotion of geological activities and professionals.  1.  Department of Mines and Geology The Department of Mines and Geology (DMG) is the only government organization that responsible for all types of geological survey, mineral exploration and administration of Mining Rules and Regulations in Nepal. It conducts various geological surveys though out the country and publishes Geological Maps, Engineering Geological Maps and various other geology and mining related reports ad documents. 2. Nepal Geological Society (NGS) NGS  is a professional scientific organization of Geoscientists founded in 1980, creating a international network of geoscientists engaged in the research of the Himalaya, Karakorum, Hindukush and Tibet.  3.  Nepal Society of Engineering Geology (NSEG) NSEG   is a non-profitable society working in a congregational manner in Nepal

Background Nepal lies in the central Asia between China to the north and India to the south. Southern Nepal occupies some 20 to 40 km wide Terai plain (Indo-Gangetic plain) about a few hundred meters above sea level. The Terai and the Siwalik areas are in the foreland of the Nepal Himalaya and are known for sedimentary basins with considerable thickness. Several sedimentary formations of the basins could have generated petroleum and could be located in suitable structural traps. Terai and Siwaliks are thus target areas for hydrocarbon exploration. This part of the country is covered by road network, electricity lines, etc., and is the most accessible region in Nepal. It is notable that oil and gas seeps have been observed to the north of Main Boundary Thrust (MBT) in different parts of the country from time immemorial. These seepages, as in Dailekh, western Nepal, were subjected to only preliminary analysis in the sixties, but extensive geochemical studies were done in 1993. One of the

  Hydropower has been in use in Nepal for centuries in the form of traditional vertical axis water wheel (pani ghatta'). During the Rana Regime (1846-1951), no serious attempts were made until 1930 for initiating .economic development in a systematic basis. The first hydroelectric installation in Nepal was 500 kW .hydropower plant at Pharping built in 1911 to power electricity. to Kathmandu. Another installation was done .at Sundarijal of 900 kW (64Q kW now) capacity in 1934. It was only in 1935 that a development agency was constituted by the name of UDYOG PARISHAD (Development Board). However, a planning approach to development ,in Nepal  began in 1956 with the formulation of the First Five Year Plan (1956-1961).  Electric Power Development in 20th Century In the First Plan (1956-1961), some work was dope on projects of Teku and Bhaktiur diesel stations, generating only t970 kW ,of additional power. In the interim year between the First and Second Plan, 105kW of diesel power was

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