More than 400 customers get electricity from underground electrification

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२७ आश्विन २०८३, मंगलवार १०:२०October 13, 2026

Chitwan. Under the underground electrification started in the urban areas of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, 460 customers have been provided electricity through underground medium.

Underground electricity has been distributed to the customers from Bypass Road, Sahid Chowk to Pulchowk and in front of Chitwan Medical College. According to Anand Subedi, chief engineer of the Pokhara-Bharatpur Distribution System Strengthening Project of Nepal Electricity Authority, underground electricity connection is still going on among the customers.

Currently, 13 meters of line connection is being done daily. According to him, out of the 18 feeders under underground electrification, the work of connecting the line in three is yet to be done while the rest have been installed.TAG_OPEN_div_12

Under the underground electrification, 1,240 customers of Bharatpur Metropolitan City have to connect the line. He informed that 95 percent of the work has been completed so far. The cost of installing the underground electric wires in Bharatpur Metropolitan City will be Rs 1.40 billion. Initially, a budget of Rs 1.30 billion was allocated to Bharatpur. With the addition of the work, Rs 100 million has been added.TAG_OPEN_div_10

The contract for TAG_OPEN_div_8 the construction was awarded to Tata Project Limited of India. The work started in October 2021 by signing the contract agreement. According to the contract agreement, the first phase was completed on January 20, 2024 and the work was extended several times. The project was carried out with the help of the Asian Development Bank.