The flood damaged the intake of the under-construction hydropower plant, blocked the Beni-Jomsom road

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The flood that occurred after the heavy rains that fell on Tuesday night has damaged the dam of the 6 MW Relekhola hydropower project under construction in Narchang, Annapurna rural municipality-4.

According to the project, after heavy rains in Pakho under Khairwarah located on the western side of Varahshikhar mountain, the project dam and intake were damaged after a large flood including Gegran came from the black hole. According to Homanath Pandey, public relations officer of the

project, the flood has caused a huge pile of Gegran in the dam and intake. Relekhola hydropower project, which has 90 percent physical progress, was affected by the flood damage, which affected the target of starting test production in June.

At the same time, the Beni-Jomsom road has been blocked due to a landslide in Guithebhir of Annapurna Rural Municipality-3 Dana after the torrential rain that fell on Wednesday afternoon. The road, which was blocked since Tuesday evening, was opened on Wednesday morning. Asai Yama Bahadur Thapa of the area police office Dana said that the heavy rain that fell between 4-5 pm on Wednesday caused another landslide.

Similarly, traffic has been disrupted due to the flood that occurred after the torrential rains in Annapurna Rural Municipality-6 Ghar, causing damage to the Lulai, Hallekhark areas of the Pokhre-Chitre road.