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Myagdi, October 14:
Electricity supply has been restored in Annapurna Rural Municipality of Myagdi and Mustang district, which were affected by recent heavy rains, floods, and landslides.
Following the heavy rainfall from Ashoj 8 to 11, floods in the Kali Gandaki River washed away four towers and snapped lines of the 220 kV Dana-Khurkot transmission line at Pokharebagar, Dhirchyang, and Doba Bhirkate in Myagdi’s Annapurna Rural Municipality, disrupting power supply in Mustang district and Annapurna Rural Municipality.
Hemraj Chapagain, chief of the Tatopani Distribution Center of the Nepal Electricity Authority—whose jurisdiction covers wards 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Annapurna Rural Municipality and the entire Mustang district—stated that since it was not immediately possible to supply power from the Dana substation due to transmission line problems, power was restored through alternative arrangements.
“As it was not immediately feasible from the Dana substation, we restored electricity by completing repairs on the 33 kV transmission line running from Milanchok through Dana to Kowang in Mustang,” he said. “We succeeded in restoring power by mobilizing the authority’s employees, technicians, and laborers.”
The distribution center’s chief, Chapagain, stated that power supply was resumed in Mustang on Ashoj 24, and repair works have been completed in Myagdi except for one or two houses. With the restoration of electricity, disrupted communication services have also resumed, making daily life easier for the general public.
Due to the floods, 10 poles, 500 meters of wire of the Milanchok-Dana 33 kV transmission line, 5 poles and 200 meters of wire in the Dana-Kowang section, along with various equipment, were destroyed.
Under the Tatopani Distribution Center, one pole each in Myagdi and Mustang, 1,000 meters of wire, and equipment in Mustang suffered damage along the 11 kV distribution line. Chapagain noted that 9 megawatts of electricity produced from the Thapa Khola and Ghalemdi Khola hydropower projects has been connected to the 33 kV line.
However, hydropower projects in Myagdi—such as the 42 MW Mistri Khola, 110 MW Nilgiri, 6 MW Rele Khola, and 14 MW Ghar Khola—remain shut down.
RSS / Unified Nepal
