PARBAT: The Modikhola Hydropower Project of 14.8 megawatt located at Patichaur in Parbat district, which was closed since Wednesday due to flood in the Modi River, has resumed power generation from Sunday.

The project started the power production after cleaning the trash rack at the intake and carrying out maintenance of the damaged transmission line along the Pokhara-Baglung Highway, chief of the Project Tara Dutta Bhatta said. The heavy flood and landslides occurred in the region along the route had affected the power generation and damaged the transmission line, affecting the power transmission.

The Nepal Electricity Authority-owned company has started to generate 10 megawatt of power after the maintenance.

Meanwhile, power generation from Lower Modikhola-I, a10-Megawatt project, is disrupted after the flood in the Modikhola (river) damaged the powerhouse located at Chuwa.

Director of the Project Upendra Gautam said that the flood damaged property worth Rs 300 million and that the repair and power resumption of the project would take about two months.