कालीगण्डकी बाढी प्रभावित
MYAGDI, October 18:
The 220 kV Dana-Khurkot transmission line of the Kali Gandaki Corridor, which was damaged by floods and soil erosion, has been repaired.
To facilitate emergency power supply during the disaster, a temporary tower was constructed utilizing Canadian technology. Power generation totaling 176 megawatts from seven hydroelectric projects in Myagdi and Mustang had been disconnected from the national grid since September 27 (Ashoj 11), following damage to three transmission line towers in Doba (Annapurna Rural Municipality-1) and Dhirchyang (Annapurna Rural Municipality-6) in Myagdi.
Roshan Khadka, Chief of the Gandaki Province Grid Branch of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) in Pokhara, informed that the line was charged at 10:30 PM on Saturday after completing the stringing of wires on a newly constructed temporary tower built as an alternative to the three towers brought down by the flood. “By mobilizing technical manpower from the Nepal Electricity Authority and hydropower projects within the Kali Gandaki basin, we successfully repaired and reconnected the electricity to the national grid within 20 days of the flood damage,” he said, adding, “An environment has now been created to consume all the electricity generated by projects in this region.”
NEA Assistant Director Sanjay Lohani stated that power supply has been resumed by constructing a single temporary tower using Canadian technology at Aula, Doba, located across the Bhirkate section of the Beni-Jomsom road. Over the past 15 days, more than 20 engineers, an equal number of technicians, and over 50 laborers from the Kali Gandaki basin hydropower projects and the division had been deployed. The NEA stated that while temporary tower construction has restored power supply, the process for rebuilding the permanent damaged towers will also proceed simultaneously.
Following the damage to the transmission line towers, power generation had been halted across several projects that feed into the central system via the Dana-Khurkot transmission line. These include the 5 MW Ghalemdi Khola, 42 MW Mristi Khola, 38 MW Nilgiri-1, 71 MW Nilgiri-2, and 6 MW Rele Khola hydropower projects located in Narchyang (Annapurna Rural Municipality-4), alongside the 14 MW Thapa Khola hydropower project in Tukuche, Mustang.
RSS/Unified Nepal
