Power Generation In Upper Tamakoshi From Today

Charikot : The 76 MW power of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project being constructed in Bigu Rural Municipality-1 of Dolakha will be connected to the national grid.

About 76 megawatts of electricity generated from a unit of the total 456-megawatt Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project under construction with domestic investment will be connected to the national transmission line from Monday.

The project has six units of 76 MW each. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to inaugurate the project at 4:00 pm Monday virtually, said Ganesh Neupane, Spokesperson of the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project.

The project, which successfully tested the main tunnel last Sunday, completed the final test of the first unit on June 28 this year.

Spokesperson Neupane said that the project is going to distribute the electricity generated from the first unit through the transmission line from Monday after completing electricity charge on the 47-km-long transmission line from Khimti to Gongar on Sunday afternoon.

The electricity will be connected to the 220 /132 KV substation at Phulasi in Ramechhap and distributed through the national grid via Dhalkebar, he said.

Neupane said that the second unit will be operational a week after the first unit generates electricity and all the units will generate electricity by mid-September 2021. 

The Rising Nepal