Kulekhani reservoir filled this year?

Kulekhani Reservoir Indrasarovar has a capacity of 1,530 meters of water. Now after collecting 6.5 meters of water, Indrasarovar will be filled. Kulekhani Reservoir was not filled for the last two years due to low rainfall in the catchment area. Last year, the water level in Kulekhani Reservoir was only 1,523,031 centimeters.

'Nowadays, one centimeter of water is being added to the reservoir every hour,' said Taradatta Bhatt, the head of Kulekhani first hydroelectric power station, 'We hope that the reservoir will be filled this year.' .

This year, the Kulekhani hydropower project was carried out even though the level of the Kulekhani reservoir was almost at its lowest point. According to the project, 1,483 cubic meters of electricity was generated until the water level dropped to 9 centimeters. The final point is the water level of 1,483 meters in Kulekhani Reservoir. Electricity cannot be produced after the water level drops to 1,483 meters. If the water from the reservoir was not used until almost the last point, an engineer of the project said, 'Kulekhani reservoir will be filled this year.' yes Now it is raining in the catchment area as well. In the second week of July, two consecutive days of rain caused the water level in Indrasarovar to rise by 5 meters within 24 hours.

In the year 2050, the water level rose by 6 meters overnight. When the reservoir was full, the dam was suddenly opened to throw out the water. As a result, three Chinese people who were working on the construction of Bagmati irrigation project in Sarlahi were swept away by the flood. Kulekhani Reservoir can collect up to 1,530 meters of water. Technicians have said that collecting more than 1,527 meters of water as much as possible will be a risk as part of the reservoir dam was cracked by the 2072 earthquake. The water of Kulekhani Reservoir 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 lower part of the Markhu area of ​​Kulekhani reservoir, which is 300 meters wide and seven kilometers long, has been covered by the water of the reservoir. Kulekhani is one of the big projects of hydropower generation in Nepal.

Electricity production decreasing

Due to the increase in the water level of the reservoir of the Kulekhani hydropower project in Makwanpur's Indrasarovar Rural Municipality, there has been a decrease in electricity production of 633 million units. As the water collection capacity of Kulekhani Reservoir is decreasing, the power generation has also decreased. Initially, 211.1 million units of electricity were produced from the water collected in the reservoir, but now that capacity has decreased and it has the capacity to produce only 144.7 million units of electricity. Due to the decrease in the water collection capacity of the reservoir, the electricity generation has decreased. 'When the water collection capacity decreases, the production is automatically affected. The capacity to hold about 27 million cusecs of water has decreased, said Kulekhani Pratham, a technician.

Every year, the stones, soil, sand and leaves brought by the river from the watershed area are deposited in the reservoir. Initially, the Kulekhani reservoir had a capacity of 85.3 million cusecs of water, that capacity has decreased to 59.99 million cusecs. In the 41 years that Kulekhani has been in operation, the water level of the reservoir has increased by more than 13 meters. Due to the increase in the level of the lake, the water storage capacity of the reservoir has decreased by 30 percent. Electricity production has also decreased by 30 percent. After the decrease in the water capacity of the reservoir, compared to the initial situation, the electricity authority has been suffering a loss of about 35 crore rupees annually.

In the year 2039, when the Kulekhani hydroelectric project first came into operation, 57 meters of the water collected in the reservoir could be used to generate electricity. After the flood of 2050, only 50 meters of water collected in the reservoir could be used to generate electricity. At present, only about 46 meters of water can be used to generate electricity.

Kulekhani 1st, 2nd and 3rd were constructed with the purpose of using the water collected in the lake. All the three power plants of Kulekhani will be affected after the lower level of the reservoir increases and the water collection capacity decreases. Experts have determined the lifespan of this reservoir to be 50 years. The reservoir should be completely emptied to remove the stones, mud and sediments collected in the reservoir. Indrasarovar was built at a cost of 12 million US dollars.