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82 megawatts of electricity promoted by the Lower Solu Hydropower Project operating in the Himalayan district of Solukhumbu has been connected to the national transmission line.
The hydropower project, which was started in 2017, started production on Sunday 4th July and was connected to the national transmission line for testing.
Solukhumbu's Solududhakunda Municipality-11 Tingla and Ward No. 7 Garma is located on the border of Salme Dam, and electricity is generated by dropping water through a tunnel to the power house in Tingla Bhadaure, which is 6.2 km away from it.
The project has extended 4.2 km of tunnel route and 2 km of underground pipeline to generate electricity from the water of Solukhola through the run-of-the-river method and dropped water in Bhadaure.
Project assistant manager Krishna Chaudhary said that the project, which was completed with the investment of about 17 billion loan from the FMO Bank of the Netherlands, will generate 82 megawatts of electricity in the rainy season and at least 20 to 22 megawatts in the winter season. Although the
project aims to start power generation within 5 years of construction, facing various difficulties After 8 years, they succeeded in starting electricity production.
Assistant Manager Choudhary said that the project succeeded in achieving its goal by overcoming various difficulties due to geographical difficulties, local problems, financial resource assurance problems.
It is expected that this will help to meet the electricity demand of Koshi region. The electricity is connected to the 132 kV transmission line of the Solu Corridor in Lammane.
