SIMKOT, March 9: People in Adanchuli Rural Municipality in the lower belt of Humla district have not had power supply for five days.
Power supply was disrupted in the area after the water tunnel of Kukurphalna hydropower was damaged last week.
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Entire settlements of ward number 4, 5 and 6 as well as the Gorapali and Dhakanikuna villages have been affected due to the power cut.
Hari Krishna Jaisi, an official of the micro-hydel project, said that 20 local people have been deployed for the maintenance job of the tunnel adding that the power supply would resume within a week.
A section of the canal of the 30 kilowatt project was damaged after falling trees caused huge flow of water.
