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The biogas plant, which was built 6 years ago at a cost of one and a half million rupees, has been idle for two and a half years with the aim of delivering gas to homes through pipes. The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated a biogas plant in Jatuwa village located in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-14, announcing the end of the cylinder era.
One can see dung bales drying in the biogas production plant. The plant's expensive machinery has started rusting and grass has grown in the dung tank. In the construction of this plant inaugurated by Prime Minister Oli on August 5, 2075, 11.11 million of the renewable energy expansion project operated with the support of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Alternative Energy Promotion Center, World Bank and Climate Investment Fund, 1.7 million of Gauseva Sadan Biratnagar and 12 million of Biratnagar Metropolitan City. There is an investment of 15 million.
The capacity of gas produced from the dung of 200 cows operated by Gauseva Sadan was 65 households. Gas was distributed through pipes to 32 households around two kilometers. After being able to use biogas for the first three years, consumers also expressed their happiness saying that it is of better quality and cheaper than LP gas. Since two and a half years, those consumers have been forced to use LPG gas again. Shankarlal Aggarwal, president of Gauseva Sadan Biratnagar, said that the work of biogas production was stopped after the pipeline broke during the road expansion. "During the construction of the road, the contractor broke the pipe without any information," Agarwal said, "After the pipe was cut, the plant was stuck because the new one could not be connected."
Agarwal says that the main pipeline leading from the plant to the consumer has been destroyed. This has made it difficult to deliver gas to consumers. "The main pipe and the site pipe have all been damaged to the point of being unusable," Agarwal said, "Now it is difficult to run the plant until all the pipes are replaced." Agarwal estimates that it will cost around 20 to 25 lakh rupees to re-operate the plant.
Shrikrishna Gauseva Sadan, which has 200 cows, is now in financial crisis. There was some income from the sale of gas. Santosh Yadav, the manager, said that it is difficult to pay the workers of the shed because that road is also closed. "The biogas plant was helping the consumers to become self-sufficient along with cheap and accessible gas distribution", Yadav said, "After the plant closed down, the cow house is also in crisis."
