KATHMANDU, March 16: The Nepal Electricity Authority has urged its subsidiary, Chilime Hydropower Limited, to complete the construction of the Middle Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project in Sindhupalchowk along with the Khimti-Bahrabise transmission line within a month.
While testing structures and equipment for electricity generation at the completed Middle Bhotekoshi project, workers discovered water leakage in the tunnel. The repair and improvement work on the leaked tunnel is currently progressing rapidly.
The 102-megawatt Middle Bhotekoshi generates up to 40 megawatts of electricity during the winter months. Since 40 megawatts plays a crucial role in managing electricity supply during the winter demand, the authority’s management has taken steps to ensure that the project operates promptly.
A team, led by the authority's Managing Director Kulman Ghising, Chilime Hydropower Company's CEO and Chairman of the Middle Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project's Board of Directors, Subhash Kumar Mishra, visited the transmission line and substation on Saturday to monitor progress and gather information on construction.
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The 400 kV transmission line project from the Tamakoshi-Kathmandu transmission line, which carries electricity generated by the Middle Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project, is in its final phase, with the 400 kV transmission line from the new Khimti substation in Ramechhap to Bahrbise in Sindhupalchowk under construction.
All towers in the Khimti-Bahrabise section of the transmission line have been erected, and only about one kilometer of wire remains to be installed.
The authorities will charge the 400 kV Khimti-Bahrabise transmission line at 200 kV immediately to integrate electricity from the Middle Bhotekoshi into the national transmission grid. They have already begun installing the necessary structures at the new Khimti and Bahrabise substations to charge the line at 200 kV.
Managing Director Ghising led a team to discuss the remaining tasks with the project management and construction contractors for charging the line at 200 kV. The team has instructed them to expedite the completion of the remaining work.
The team inspected the ongoing wire installation work at Chaukata, Tripurasundari Municipality-2 in Sindhupalchowk. Managing Director Ghising highlighted the crucial role both projects play in managing the 40 megawatts of electricity demand during the winter season. He personally visited the field to monitor the work and instructed the team to take the construction seriously, coordinate the remaining tasks, and accelerate progress.
A 220 kV transmission line, approximately four kilometers long, now connects the substation at Bahrabise Municipality-3 to the switchyard of the Middle Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project in Bahrabise Municipality-5.
The construction of the Tamakoshi-Kathmandu transmission line enables the flow of electricity from the hydropower projects built and under construction on the Tamakoshi and Sun Koshi rivers and their tributaries.
Only two of the 122 towers in the Bahrabise-Lapsiphedi line section remain to be built. The project has also completed the 220 kV substation at Bahrabise.
