S. B. Pun's scientific contributions

Publication (1)

Article
The World Bank’s 2012 Ganges Strategic Basin Assessment (GSBA) is an interesting but contentious document with a wealth of information. The basin has a population of 656 million; and 47 percent of Indians, 576 million, live in this basin. Nepal’s three bordering States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal with a population of 199, 104 and 91 mil...

Citations

... The World Bank's Ganges Strategic Basin Assessment Report has emphasized that storage projects in Nepal would provide hydropower as the greatest benefits and there is little to do with flood control and water regulation in the downstream. Pun (2013) strongly portrayed this report as Indo-centric and suggested Nepal not to rush just because of significant power trade. But despite the multiple benefits of storage projects which surpass the benefits of electricity generation, the storage projects are being perceived as hydropower projects only. ...