KATHMANDU: Construction of Chilime-Trishuli 220 kV transmission line has been completed. This power transmission line is considered significant to supply power to be generated from the under-construction and the upcoming hydropower projects to be constructed along the Trishuli river and its tributaries to the national grid.
According to National News Agency Nepal, this 28-kilometer transmission line stretches from Chilime Hub Sub-Station of Ama Chhodingbo rural municipality in Rasuwa district to Trishuli III B Hub Station of Kispang rural municipality in Nuwakot district. Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Kul Man Ghising, shared that the construction of the transmission line was completed after the employees and construction entrepreneurs carried out works even during public holidays of Dashai and Tihar festivals.
He added that transmission line infrastructures are ready for the supply of electricity from the 111-megawatt-capacity Rasuwagadhi and 42.5-megawatt Sanjen as well as other
under-construction and future projects in Rasuwa. Rasuwagadhi and Sanjen hydropower projects are currently in the phase of power production.
The estimated cost of the Chilime-Trishuli project is 3.62 billion US dollars, including investment from the NEA and a grant from the German Development Bank (KFW). There is also a concessional loan from the European Investment Bank involved in the project. An agreement was signed with a Chinese construction company in Kartik 2074 BS for the construction of the transmission line and the sub-station.