A worker stands on top of an electric pole while installing new cables in Kathmandu yesterday. Nepal has the potential to generate up to 83,000 megawatts of hydropower from rivers cascading down from the Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain range. But due to a lack of funds and technical knowhow, just 1% of that potential has been tapped. Nepal’s 27mn people typically endure 12 hours of power cuts a day.