The much-awaited 40 MW Rahughat Hydropower Project has been completed.
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Myagdi. The much-awaited Rahughat Hydropower Project in Myagdi district has been completed. The construction of the 40-megawatt Rahughat Hydropower Project, a subsidiary of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has been completed.
Ganesh KC, managing director of Raghuganga Hydropower, informed that the Rahughat Hydropower Project is preparing to generate electricity.TAG_OPEN_div_38 “The test of dam, desander, tunnel and switchyard has been successful,” he said, adding, “The test of a unit of 20 MW capacity has also been completed.” Another 20 MW unit is also being tested from Sunday. ”
According to KC, the project will be tested for a week to 10 days and then the project will start generation.TAG_OPEN_div_36 Tests have already been done on the dam at the foothills of Raghuganga-4, Dagnam and ward-5, 6-kilometer-long main tunnel and two reservoirs.
} After completing the construction work of the powerhouse at Tilkenichhour, the test of the installed equipment has begun. The switchyard constructed on the premises of the powerhouse to connect the electricity generated from the project to the central transmission line has come into operation from June 7.
Jaya Prakash Associates (Jaypee), an Indian civil contractor, had signed the contract for Rs 6 billion on November 17, 2017 with a target to complete the project in 45 months.TAG_OPEN_div_32 The deadline was extended for the first time in February 2022, the second in February 2022 and the third time until November 2025.
The project is going to be completed within the extended deadline for the fourth time. Harish Agrawal, project manager of Jaypee Company, said that the construction of the project has been delayed due to the corona epidemic, natural disasters like flood and landslide and shortage of construction materials based in the river.
The electromechanical contract with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) was signed in October 2019 for USD 10.TAG_OPEN_div_28 293 million. The project was implemented with the concessional loan of USD 67 million from the Indian Export-Export Bank and joint investment of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and the Government of Nepal.
Due to poor financial condition, the contract with the old contractor IVRCL was terminated in 2072 BS and the construction was started through a new process.TAG_OPEN_div_26 The contract agreement with IVRCL was signed in 2066 BS.
According to Subin Shrestha, president of Myagdi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Rahughat was the first place in the district with government investment and was considered as the gateway to hydropower development.TAG_OPEN_div_24 “After the commencement of Rahughat, 10 hydropower projects have been completed,” he said, adding, “We are excited that the Rahughat Hydropower Project has been completed after a wait of two decades.” ”
The last civil contractor Jaya Prakash Associates (JP) had started digging the approach road in June 2075 and tunnel in June 2019.TAG_OPEN_div_22 The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) had been signed in April 2018 with the target of generating 240.593 million units of electricity annually.
The electricity generated from Rahughat will be connected to the 220 KV Dana-Kusma transmission line under the Kaligandaki corridor through lilo medium to connect the electricity generated from Rahughat to the central grid.TAG_OPEN_div_20 Four towers and transmission line have also been constructed.
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