Myagdi. The repair work of the 220 KV Kaligandaki corridor damaged by floods and landslides in the second week of September and erosion of the Kaligandaki River has reached the final stage.

Temporary towers have been constructed using Canada’s technology to facilitate emergency power supply during disasters. Three towers of the transmission line have been damaged and 176 MW of electricity generated from seven hydropower projects in Myagdi and Mustang has not been connected to the national transmission system. Sanjay Lohani, assistant director of the NEA, said that the construction of temporary towers and wire laying with the help of the Pokhara Grid Division of Nepal Electricity Authority and the existing hydropower projects in the area has reached the final stage.

“A temporary tower of Canada technology is being constructed in place of the damaged three towers”, he said, adding that the construction of the tower at Aul of Annapurna rural municipality-1, Doba of Myagdi district is in the final stage. ”

More than 20 engineers, the same number of technicians and more than 50 workers from the hydropower project and division in the Kaligandaki basin are being mobilized daily to construct the tower and pull the wires. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has said that the process of reconstruction of the damaged towers will be carried out simultaneously by constructing temporary towers for the time being.

The production of seven hydropower projects in Myagdi and Mustang has been halted after the towers of the transmission line were damaged. The production of electricity from the 5 MW Ghalemdi Khola project in Annapurna Rural Municipality-4, 42 MW Mristrikhola, 38 MW Nilgiri-1, 71 MW Nilgiri-2 and 6 MW Relekhola hydropower project and the 14 MW Thapakhola hydropower project in Tukuche of Mustang have stopped supplying electricity to the central grid from the Dana-Khurkot transmission line.

The transmission line from the switchyard of Rahughat to Dana has been disrupted due to the damage to the transmission line and tower.