Gyanendra gets 15 days to pay bills

The company did not say exactly how much the king owed, since the Government has nationalised at least seven of those palaces including the main Narayanhiti palace in the heart of Kathmandu, which Gyanendra left in June.

But Gyanendra and his relatives still own many bungalows and palaces in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal that have not paid their power bills, the company said. “We have given him 15 days to clear the bills, senior NEA official Deepak Prasad Upadhyay said. If this is not done we’ll cut off the power supply.”