HETAUDA: The two production units of Kulekhani hydro project will be shut down for two weeks starting today for repair works. The turbines of production houses one and two will be shut for the repair works. Kulekhani I produces 60 MW of power while the second produces 32 MW.

However, Nepal Electricity Authority informed that it would not affect the load shedding hours. Chief of Kulekhani I Sachhinanda Mishra informed that the water level might increase by one metre in Mansarobar after the repair works was finished. The water level was 93.3 metres in Mansarobar on Tuesday.

According to Mishra, they had to dry the penstock pipe to repair the inlet valve.

Mishra said, "This is the first time we are repairing the turbines after it was assembled in 1982." He informed that senior technicians of the NEA along with two Japanese technicians would be involved in the maintenance work.

He added that the shortfall of power in the national transmission would be balanced by the load supply balance as per the necessity.