By Karuna Thapa
Kathmandu, March 6
The building of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project, the largest in the Rasuwa district, has been advanced.
The subterranean construction based on the land of Haku of Amachhodingmo Village
Municipality Ward No. 1 and Uttargaya Village Municipality Ward No. 1 generates 216 MW of energy using the water of the Trishuli River.
Electricity will be generated by supplying water to Malung Dobhan with the help of a 9.7 km
long tunnel constructed at Bhotekoshi at the end of Dhunche. Nepal Water and Energy
Development Company have been moving ahead with the construction for two months after 10 years of preliminary study with the aim of completing the construction at a cost of Rs. 55 billion.
The tunnel building project has progressed by completing tasks such as financial resource
management, environmental and geological study, power purchase agreement with Nepal
Electricity Authority, housing construction, and access road construction under external
infrastructure.
A 109-meter-long, 30.8-meter-wide, 29.5-meter-high dam, as well as a 6.7-meter-diameter and 9.7-kilometer-long headrace tunnel, will be built at Bhotekoshi, the district headquarters, according to Giriraj Adhikari, the project’s technical director. A 292-meter-long penstock with a 90-degree slope and a 241-meter-long tailrace tunnel will be built as part of the tunnel’s construction.
Even though working in the small riverside area of Bhotekoshi, where most of the areas are
mountainous, the technical team is going ahead to complete the underground structure within the allowed period by managing it progressively, according to the Director.
