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Ram Chandra Pandey 13 56 Implementation of The World Bank-funded Dev Sharma Paudel 14 Transmission Line Project-Environmental and 68 Social Considerations Hydropower Development in Nepal: Opportunities Madhav Prasad Koirala 15 and Challenges 76 Enhancement of Large signal stability using Power Achyut Ghimire 16 System Stabilizers (PSS).
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