65 per cent of underground electric wires completed in Pokhara

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२३ पुष २०८२, बुधबार ०८:४६January 7, 2026

Kaski. Work is underground, which is underground, in the main market area of Pokhara.

{{TAG_OPEN_div_35} Work has been completed from the entrance of Pokhara International Airport to Seti Pul. In other areas, the work of installing underground electric wires has continued.

The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is implementing the Pokhara-Bharatpur Distribution System Strengthening Project to lay underground electric wires in Pokhara and Bharatpur.TAG_OPEN_div_33 The project has been working in Pokhara for the past three years.

Ananda Subedi, chief of the Pokhara-Bharatpur Distribution System Improvement Project, said that works are underway to lay underground power lines from Pokhara International Airport to Prithvi Chowk, Srijana Chowk, Ratna Chowk, Rastra Bank Chowk, Shahid Chowk, Lakeside, Hallan Chowk to Bulaudi.TAG_OPEN_div_31 According to him, 65 percent of the project work has been completed so far and the work will begin after some time.

Subedi further said, “Work has been completed from Kundahar substation, which is the source of electricity in Pokhara, to the airport gate in the east and Seti bridge in the west.TAG_OPEN_div_29

He said that the deadline for the construction is June 31 and all the work will be completed by that time.TAG_OPEN_div_27 The project to lay underground electric wires in Pokhara began in 2022. In the initial phase, the design and geological study took time and the work was started only after a year.

Project Chief Subedi said that the wire was dug underground by digging the road using ‘Horizontal Directional Drilling’ technology.TAG_OPEN_div_25 After laying the wires underground, transformers have been installed at various places to supply electricity to the homes of the customers.

} Laying the power line underground is expected to free Pokhara from the haphazard wires and poles and enhance the urban beauty. Tata Projects, an Indian company, has signed a contract for the construction of underground electric wires on a 23-km stretch of Pokhara with a budget of Rs 1.70 billion. According to Project Chief Subedi, 74 per cent of the construction work of Bharatpur has been completed. The cost of Bharatpur is Rs 1.30 billion.

Pokhara—The Pokhara Metropolitan City (PMC) has shown its concern to manage the internet and telephone cables after the installation of underground electric wires.TAG_OPEN_div_21 Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has repeatedly held discussions with internet service providers (ISPs) and urged them to immediately remove unnecessary wires installed in electricity poles.

KMC Mayor Dhanraj Acharya said that the service providers have been urged to cooperate with the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) for the service as soon as possible.TAG_OPEN_div_19 “The NEA is working as per the plan of making the Pokhara market area wireless,” he said. We have requested the internet service providers for cooperation in this work. If they don’t remove it, the metropolis will remove it on its own,” he said.