10 July, Kathmandu: The Independent Energy Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN) has urged the government to make arrangements for restoring electricity infrastructure damaged by the flood that entered Nepal from Tibet via the Lhende Stream into Bhotekoshi River last Tuesday morning.
Issuing a press release today, IPPAN called on the government to ensure policy and procedural facilitation for the reconstruction of damaged structures, enable power production and transmission, and implement required measures to avoid further potential loss. The disaster resulted in damages to over ten hydropower projects including those under construction in the Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, it has been said. According to IPPAN, with the occurrence of the flood, hydropower projects of around 250 megawatts in total have remained shut while the construction on projects with a total capacity of over 350 megawatts has remained suspended.
As IPPAN President Ganesh Karki said, among those projects suffering the production halt are the 111-megawatt Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project, 60-megawatt Trishuli-3A, 25-megawattt Trishuli Hydropower Station, 22-megawatt Chilime Hydropower Project, 14-megawatt Upper Mailung, 14-megwatt Devighat Hydropower Project, and the 5-megwatt Mailung Khola Hydropower Project. It has been said the construction of several projects including the 216-megwatt Upper Trishuli-1, 100-megawatt Super Trishuli, and the 37-megawatt Trishuli-3B Hydropower Project has been halted with the disaster.
