Kathmandu. The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has expedited necessary repair and rehabilitation works to restore the power supply that was disrupted due to floods in Budhigandaki and its tributary Siyarkhola corridor.
According to Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, the power supply has been restored in all areas except Dharche rural municipality.
Efforts are on to restore power supply to Khorlabensi as soon as possible due to lack of road access and complete damage to power lines.
According to the Arughat distribution centre of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the rehabilitation work has also started in Dharche rural municipality since this morning.
Earlier, the power line had been restored in the Arughat area. According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Energy, Mohan Shakya, the NEA had started the work of resuming the power service immediately after the floods. In about 10 hours, the power supply was restored in Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality Ward No. 2, 3 and 4. Similarly, the power supply has been restored in the Dandagaun branch and Arupokhari branch of Arughat Rural Municipality including Arughat Bazaar.
The ministry said it was working to restore power supply in all the flood-affected areas within this week.
According to the Ministry of Energy, the floods have damaged the power distribution system and hydropower projects in various parts of Gorkha and Dhading districts. The floods have damaged the camp areas of hydropower projects including Budhigandaki, Times Energy Pvt. Ltd. (341 MW), Dovan Khola (24.5 MW), Yaru Khola (30.59 MW), Machha Khola (16 MW), construction equipment and materials, bailey bridge, access road and bridges leading to the project site.
Similarly, more than 70 high voltage poles were damaged in different places of Dharche Rural Municipality of Gorkha along with poles of distribution line in Soti, Arkhet and Arughat market areas. Similarly, six poles of low voltage were damaged in Syauli Bazaar area of Tripurasundari Rural Municipality-2 of Dhading.
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