PARBAT, JULY 12

The Lower Modi-1 hydro power project in Parbat district that was damaged by flood on July 6 began generating electricity from yesterday.

The 10-megawatt hydropower project was damaged due to floods in Sundarekhola at Dobilla in Kushma Rural Municipality and Modi River in the district, according to the United Modi Hydro Power Limited's managing director Upendra Gautam.

The 300-metre stretch of the canal in the Hydel was damaged in the disaster.

Over 50 technicians and staffers of the project worked regularly for a week to repair the flood-damaged hydropower project.

The Hydel produced 9.5 megawatt electricity yesterday after maintenance, informed Gautam, adding that the scale of damage was evaluated ate around Rs 50 million.

The power production house of the Hydel, however, did not meet the same fate as the sewerage of the Hydel, he said. Details of the damage are being collected and assessed as the water level in the Modi River is still very high.

The swollen Sundarekhola River had swept away a vehicle used by the Mid-Hill Highway Project on the same day.

A version of this article appears in the print on July 13 2021, of The Himalayan Times.