Five thousand households without electricity in northern Gorkha

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२६ आश्विन २०८३, सोमबार १८:३४October 12, 2026

Gorkha. About five thousand households in northern Gorkha have been left without electricity.

People of Sirdibas-Uhiya Micro-Hydropower Project have been affected due to floods in Budhigandaki.

According to Sujan Gurung, chairperson of Sirdibas-Uhiya Micro-Hydropower Project, the power supply has been disrupted in ward no 3 and 6 of Chumnubri rural municipality after the floods swept away the hydropower project since Sunday midnight.TAG_OPEN_div_25

Power supply has been disrupted in Lokpa, Dungla, Nyak, Film, Chisapani, Anga, Sasryun, Nagchet, Ghattekhola, Pangsing, Jagat, Salleri, Paiyu, Bhaluwan, Sirdibas and Jagat of Chumnubri. As a result, 971 households have been affected, he said.TAG_OPEN_div_23

“The flood swept away 12 electric poles, a tower and wires. The power house is safe,” he said. Narayan Sapkota, chief administrative officer of Chumnubri, said that the villages of northern Gorkha are facing problems due to lack of electricity.

The administrative work of the municipality has come to a standstill due to the lack of electricity and internet. Private organizations and local citizens have also been affected. Kumari Gurung, former vice-chairperson of Chumnubri Rural Municipality, said that there is no situation to reach from one village to another in the flood-affected areas of North Gorkha. “There is neither a place to go down nor go up. The flood washed away the bridges and roads,” she said, adding, “This place has become dark due to lack of electricity.” Thankfully, there has been no human casualty. Gurung said that most of the villages in northern Gorkha are facing problems of electricity and internet. Residents of Dharche Rural Municipality in northern Gorkha have been hit hard by the floods.TAG_OPEN_div_19

About TAG_OPEN_div_17 four thousand households in all seven wards of the rural municipality have been without electricity at present, said Buddhiram Basnet, Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality. He said that Dharche Rural Municipality has been left in darkness after the flood damaged the distribution center of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) at Arughat.

“The flood swept away electricity, communication, roads and bridges here,” he said. As many as 50 households in Arughat Rural Municipality of the district have been left without electricity. Rural Municipality Chairman Raju Gurung said that power supply has been disrupted in 50 households in Shanti Bazaar area of ward no. 5 of Arughat.