The Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), an umbrella organization of hoteliers across the country, has demanded smooth supply of electricity to the hotel like that of the industries.

The team led by the HAN President, Binayak Shah, met the Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Deepak Khadka, today and demanded that the hotel sector be given facilities of discount on electricity tariff and regular power supply as done to the manufacturing industry.

HAN has requested the Minister to make a necessary policy for running electric stoves in hotels, and providing them time of day (TOD) meters. The team also reminded the Minister about various legal provisions on government's treatment to hotel business.

In response to the delegates, Energy Minister Khadka said that the current government had adopted a policy to encourage the private sector, saying that the national economy would not be strengthened unless the private sector was robust.