According to the project, the reservoir will be filled only if there is heavy rain in the catchment area.
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This year, the possibility of filling Kulekhani Reservoir is decreasing. Even though the monsoon period has ended, the water level in the reservoir has increased by only about 18 meters.
During the dry season, the water level of the Kulekhani reservoir dropped to 1,485 meters. After the start of the rainy season, only 1,533,82 cm of water has been collected in Kulekhani Reservoir Indrasarovar till Thursday afternoon.
Kulekhani has about 27 meters left to fill. Kulekhani Reservoir has a capacity of 1,530 meters of water. Last year, on October 8, the level of the reservoir reached 1,526 meters. "During the current rainy season, there is no water in the catchment area," Kulekhani said. Taradatta Bhatt, the head of hydropower project I, said, "The first week of August has passed. Looking at the weather, it is difficult to fill the reservoir this year. Normal rain will not happen. The reservoir will be filled only if there is heavy rain in the catchment area." According to the
project, last year in July, August and October, the water level in the reservoir increased by 50 to 75 centimeters daily, now it barely increases by 20 centimeters. As the water level does not rise, not only will there be problems in electricity production during the dry season, domestic and foreign tourists who have come to Markhu and Chitlang also return disappointed.
'As it rained in the catchment area from October 10th to 12th last year, the watershed can be filled only if it rains, otherwise the water falling now will not fill the reservoir,' said a senior technician of the project. Last year from October 10th to 12th, the reservoir was suddenly filled and the Kulekhani gate was opened, causing damage to roads, bridges and settlements in the lower coastal area of Sisneri. .
If the Kulekhani Reservoir, which is the ``backup'' of the Nepal Electricity Authority, is not filled, the Authority will face problems in electricity production and distribution during the dry season. Daman, Palung, Vajravarahi, Chitlang and Markhu and Fakhel reservoirs of Indrasarovar Rural Municipality of Thaha Municipality in the northern area of Makwanpur are the catchment areas. Rain has not been good in the area so far. Reservoir water can be used when it goes down to 1,484 meters. Of the water collected in the reservoir, only 46 meters can be used for power generation.
Kulekhani produces 60 megawatts of electricity from the first, 32 from the second and 14 from the third. All the three projects generate electricity from the water collected in the Kulekhani Reservoir. The reservoir is 300 meters wide and 7 kilometers long.
