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.
According to National News Agency Nepal, IPPAN issued a press release calling 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.
As IPPAN President Ganesh Karki stated, around 250 megawatts of hydropower projects have remained shut due to the flood, while construction on projects with a total capacity of over 350 megawatts has been suspended. Among the affected projects are the 111-megawatt Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project, 60-megawatt Trishuli-3A, 25-megawatt Trishuli Hydropower Station, 22-megawatt Chilime Hydropower Project, 14-megawatt Upper Mailung, 14-megawatt Devighat Hydropower Project, and the 5-megawatt Mailung Khola Hydropower Project.
It has also been reported that the construction of several projects, including the 216-megawatt Upper Trishuli-1, 100-megawatt Super Trishuli, and the 37-megawatt Trishuli-3B Hydropower Project, has been halted due to the disaster.