KATHMANDU, AUGUST 5
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has commenced the operation of three 220 kV substations on the same day.
The three 220 kV substations - one each in Inaruwa of Sunsari, and Baneshwor and Tumlingtar in Sankhuwasabha - have been brought into operation from Thursday, NEA stated.
The 220/132/33 kV Tumlingtar and 220/33 kV Baneshwor substations have power transformers of 260 MVA and 60 MVA capacity, respectively.
Likewise, 105-km-long single circuit transmission line in the Inaruwa-Tumlingtar section under the Koshi Corridor Transmission Line Project was also charged at 220 kV.
Kulman Ghising, managing director of NEA, said that the infrastructure have been prepared to transmit and distribute electricity produced in the hilly districts of Province 1 to the national transmission system following the operation of transmission line and substations.
Ghising further stated that the voltage in these areas has improved with reliable and smooth power supply.
"Earlier, there were issues with the voltage and tripping when the power was only being supplied from Sunsari's Duhavi substation in Morang-Sunsari industrial corridor," he said. "Now, the load of Duhavi substation can be shifted to Inaruwa substation, so more electricity can be provided to the industries and the issues of voltage, tripping, among others, will be resolved."
He also informed that excess power can be exported to India through Dhanusha's Dhalkebar substation with the operation of Koshi Corridor Transmission Line after catering to the electricity demand in Sankhuwasabha, Bhojpur and Tehrathum districts
The 220/132/33 kV Inaruwa substation has been constructed under the Nepal-India Power Transmission and Trade Project with the investment of the Nepal government and a concessional loan from the World Bank to strengthen the power transmission and distribution system across the country.
The substations and transmission lines have been constructed at Tumlingtar, Basantapur and Baneshwor under the Koshi Corridor 220 kV Transmission Line Project with the investment of the Nepal government and concessional loan from the Export-Import Bank of India (ExIm Bank).
A version of this article appears in the print on August 6, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
