Floods, landslides disrupt construction of hydropower projects in Myagdi

लगानी न्यूज

२ भाद्र २०८३, मंगलवार ०८:०३August 18, 2026

Myagdi. MYAGDI: Floods and landslides have affected the construction of hydropower projects in Myagdi district. Likewise, two projects with 20 MW capacity have shut down.

Four under-construction hydropower projects in Dhawalagiri rural municipality have been affected due to the lack of construction materials, equipment and fuel due to the inconvenience of the roadway.TAG_OPEN_div_42

The construction of 53.5 MW Upper Myagdi-1, 37 MW Upper Myagdi, 65 MW Myagdi Khola, 14 MW Mudikhola and 6.5 MW Darkhola hydropower projects have been affected.TAG_OPEN_div_40

Similarly, the construction site of 9.14 MW Super Ghalemdi Hydropower Project at Annapurna Rural Municipality-4, Narchyang has been cut off from the transport connection.TAG_OPEN_div_38 The six-megawatt Relekhola Hydropower Project has been shut down since mid-July due to flood from the Relekhark area of Narchyang district.

The power generation of the 14 MW Gharkhola Hydropower Project located in Annapurna Rural Municipality-6 has come to a halt after the power house was buried by a dry landslide on August 10.TAG_OPEN_div_36 One person died and another was injured in the landslide.

Jyoti Kumar KC, chief of the Upper Myagdi Khola-1, said that vehicles carrying construction materials like cement, rods and other equipment have not been able to reach the project site since last June due to floods in Ghumane (Phaperkhet), Bange landslide, Ilpu and Shivaratri rivulet.TAG_OPEN_div_34

“We have continued the work by mobilizing the equipment and existing construction materials”, he said, adding that the transport of construction materials was affected due to floods and landslides.TAG_OPEN_div_32 ”

The delay in the construction of a motorable bridge over Shivaratri River through the Infrastructure Development Office has caused problems for vehicles to cross the river during the rainy season.TAG_OPEN_div_30

Public Relations Officer of Myagdi Khola Hydropower Project, Buddhiraj Adhikari, said that the construction work has been affected due to the increase in the flood level in the rivulet and landslide on the access road.TAG_OPEN_div_28

} “The pace of construction has been affected due to alternative means and mobilization of existing materials”, he said. ”

The Upper TAG_OPEN_div_24 Myagdi Hydropower Project, which is in the process of increasing its capacity from 37 MW to 46.25 MW, which has achieved 60 per cent physical progress, has also been affected due to floods and landslides.

Resham Bhandari, chairman of Darkhola Hydropower, said that they have not been able to transport construction materials due to landslides at Thapachaur, Gauthali and Dachaur cliff along the Beni-Darbang and Darbang-Dharapani-Takam-Muna road.TAG_OPEN_div_22