KATHMANDU, JULY 4
Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project is all set to produce power from tomorrow. Of the total 456-megawatt power, the first unit of the project will generate 76 megawatts, according to project officials.
According to spokesperson of the Project Ganesh Neupane, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to inaugurate the project at 4:00pm tomorrow at a virtual programme.
The project today supplied electricity to the 220 KV transmission line from its powerhouse to Khimti, meant for charging the power grid.
"The power generated in the project will be supplied to Dhalkebar via New Khimti Substation and then linked to the national system," Neupane said.
With the completion of the project, a decade-long dream of Nepalis has come true. Likewise, the second unit of the project is also expected to generate power by mid-July. There are a total of six units in the project.
In the initial days, the total cost of the project was estimated at Rs 35 billion, but the total expenditure of the project has reached almost Rs 80 billion due to fluctuation in the exchange rate of the US Dollar, interest rate, natural disasters, among many other reasons.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 5 2021, of The Himalayan Times.
