Sunkoshi hydro project starts generating power after 18 months

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CHAUTARA (Sindhupalchok), Feb 7: Around 18 months of the destruction by the Jure landslide and further aggravation by the April 25 earthquake, the 2.6 megawatt Sunkoshi Hydropower Project has started producing electricity.

Managing Director at the Project Subarnadas Shrestha said that the power house submerged after the Jure landslides blocking the Sunkoshi River one year ago has started generating up to 1.2 megawatt power after the water level receded significantly.


He added that they also repaired the power house damaged by the quake. RSS