Still. Tanahun Hydropower is to start construction of access road to the 126-MW Lower Seti Hydropower Project. The Company, which has been constructing the 140-MW Tanahu Hydropower Project, has initiated the process to construct the Lower Seti Hydropower Project by utilizing the water wasted from the project.

Chief of Tanahun Hydropower Project Shyamji Bhandari said that the contractors have started constructing the access road and setting up the office of the project. The Lower Seti Hydropower Project is to be constructed in the lower riparian area by utilizing the controlled flow of water from the project and additional flow of water from the Madi river. The detailed project report of Lower Seti Hydropower Project has already been prepared.

The land acquisition process for the project has already started. The proposal has been submitted to the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation for approval to forward the process of acquiring private land required for the construction of different structures of the project.

Under the project, a 32-metre high dam will be constructed on Seti River near Sarangghat of Bandipur Rural Municipality-6 and Devghat Rural Municipality-3. The project will generate electricity through a 6.8-km tunnel passing through Devghat 3 and 4 to the semi-underground powerhouse to be built on the right bank of Kaligandaki River at Devghat, some 500 meters downstream from the confluence of the Seti River.

The project will affect some parts of Bandipur-6, Byas municipality-13, 14, Devghat rural municipality-2, 3 and 4, Rishing rural municipality-1 and 3, Abukhaireni rural municipality-5 and 6 and Bharatpur metropolis-29.

A semi-underground powerhouse will be constructed at Gaighat of Devghat-4 for generating electricity. The electricity generated by the project will be connected to the 220 KV Damauli-New Bharatpur transmission line. For this, about two kilometers of transmission line needs to be constructed.

The 12-kilometer-long reservoir of the Lower Seti Project will be expanded from the upper riparian area to Sundegaon. The project will generate 520 million units of electricity annually. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 25 billion.

The company has already received survey license for the project. WAPCOS India÷Nippon Koi Japan JV on April 12, 2018 had signed an agreement to purchase the projectNippon Koi Japan JV for the construction of consultancy services including detailed engineering, design and tender documentation for the project with grant assistance of around USD 3.5 million.