I had an interesting discussion with a businessman from Australia in the bar last night about services and infrastructure. He has been working here for over five years and his viewpoint is the new Maoist government is not supporting all the people and that it will not last.
They only get clean, running water for one hour every three days and they store it in every imaginable container. Electricity can run anywhere from 5-20 hours depending on the time of year. Many of the more enlightened are adding solar panels so they can have more consistency. Garbage service is contracted to one of the most corrupt companies and service is spotty (evident throughout Kathmandu).
The two major roads were built by India and China so they have access to each other. The east/west roads are not as good because Nepal is responsible for building these and they have no money to build or maintain. We shared our stories about the flooded roads yesterday and he said it is like that through out the monsoon season.
I will ask my guide about this today and see if he will discuss and if so, if his story is the same.
They only get clean, running water for one hour every three days and they store it in every imaginable container. Electricity can run anywhere from 5-20 hours depending on the time of year. Many of the more enlightened are adding solar panels so they can have more consistency. Garbage service is contracted to one of the most corrupt companies and service is spotty (evident throughout Kathmandu).
The two major roads were built by India and China so they have access to each other. The east/west roads are not as good because Nepal is responsible for building these and they have no money to build or maintain. We shared our stories about the flooded roads yesterday and he said it is like that through out the monsoon season.
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