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30% Work Completed in Upper Dordi ‘A’

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30% Work Completed in Upper Dordi ‘A’
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December 11: The 25MW Upper Dordi ‘A’ hydropower has finished 30 per cent of construction work that is being under construction at Dordi River in Lamjung district. According to Bishnu Bahadur Singh, Chief Executive Engineer (CEE) of the project, digging of tunnel, dam construction, and penstock pipes related works have finished. “The tunnel work was halted for nine months by last year’s earthquake and Terai unrest,” he said, adding, “After the interruption, the civil construction work is moving ahead.” As per him, the construction of power house is also moving at same time. Of 2800 kilometers, 750 meters tunnel digging work has also finished.

With the investment of promoters and on the leadership of Nepal Investment Bank, eight other banks have invested in hydropower amounting to Rs 4.50 billion at Dordi ‘A’. The project will announce share for locals and public on the annual general meeting (AGM) which will be held on Dec/Jan. Singh said that as per the regulation, 10 percent share will be offered to locals and 15 percent to public.

Constructed under ‘run of the river’ system, the land acquirement and forest related task has been solved. As per Singh, the demands of locals on road construction and other facilities are pended. The project will be concluded by the June/July of 2018. The electricity produced from the project will be connected to central grid. For the purpose, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) had already procured land for the construction of sub-station.

If the Authority moves the construction work of sub-station fast, the transmission line will be ready by the completion of the project. The 14 kilometers distanced transmission line constructed on investment of Rs 100 million will be beneficial for Upper Dordi A and Dordi (27MW) as well. With the construction of the transmission line, Dordi corridor which carries the second highest hydropower potential after Marsyangdi in Lamjung will open the way to construction other projects.

Meanwhile, NEA and Dordi A have made an agreement in which the electricity produced by Dordi ‘A’ will be paid Rs 8.4 during winter and Rs 4.8 per unit during summer by the NEA. 

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