Raghuganga Hydropower Limited, a subsidiary of Nepal Electricity Authority, is constructing the Rahughat Hydropower Project with a capacity of 40 MW. According to the authority, 81 percent progress has been made towards lot-1 civil and hydromechanical and 50 percent progress towards lot-2 electromechanical.
A team including Energy Secretary Suresh Acharya, Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority Hitendradev Shakya, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Navin Srivastava inspected the under construction Rahughat hydropower project. The total estimated cost of the
project is 9 billion 17 billion 26 lakh rupees. 67 million USD concessional loan from India's Exim Bank and the remaining amount has been arranged to be jointly invested by the Government of Nepal and the Authority. The target is to complete the project by December of the financial year 2082/83.
The construction of the project has been divided into two lots, civil and hydro-mechanical work and electro-mechanical work. Lot-1 of the project is being contracted with the contractor Jayaprakash Associates Limited (India) for civil and hydromechanical work. Under civil works, there are dams, intakes, desanders, tunnels, power houses, etc. So far, 81 percent material progress has been made under civil works. For lot-2 electromechanical work of the
project, a purchase agreement has been signed with the contractor Bharat Heavy Electrical (India) and the electromechanical work is being done . Under the electromechanical lot, the supply and installation of turbines, generators, governors, transformers and other equipment are being done. The authority said .
So far, the progress of electromechanical work is about 50 percent based on the construction and successful inspection of various devices and equipment in the construction company's plant under the electromechanical work, the progress of the supply at the construction site and the progress of the installation. The electricity produced by the
project will be connected to the Dana-Kusma 220 KV transmission line to transmit it to the national system.
