The physical construction and equipment installation of the long-awaited 40 MW Rahughat Hydropower Project in Myagdi has been completed.
The long-awaited Rahughat Hydropower Project of 40 megawatt capacity in Myagdi district has finally completed its construction work. Raghu-Ganga Hydropower, which is a subsidiary company of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), is promoter of this project. Now, all physical construction and equipment installation works are finished.
Successful Testing of Rahughat Hydropower
Ganesh KC, the Managing Director of Raghu-Ganga Hydropower, shared that tests for dam, desander, tunnel, and switchyard are successful. One unit of 20 megawatt capacity has already finished testing, and testing for second unit has also started now. This testing will run for about one week to 10 days, after which electricity production will begin.
Project Structure and Key Details
The dam of this project is built at Raghuganga-4 Dagnam and Ward number 5 Jhi. It has a main tunnel that is 6 kilometers 270 meters long, and two desanding ponds are also built. At Tilkenichaur, the powerhouse construction and equipment setup is complete. To connect the produced electricity to national grid, a switchyard built in powerhouse area has already started running from Jeth 25.
The contract for civil construction was signed with Indian company Jaiprakash Associates (JP) on Mangsir 6, 2074 for Rs. 6 arba. The construction got delayed due to Corona pandemic, floods, landslides, and lack of river-related building materials. Before this, the contract with old contractor IVRCL was cancelled and the work was restarted with new process.
Financial Partners and Electricity Targets
For electromechanical side, a contract was signed with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) in Kartik 2076 for 1,02,93,022.35 US Dollars. The project is built using 67 million US Dollars concessional loan from Exim Bank of India, and joint investment of NEA and Government of Nepal.
Rahughat project aims to produce 24,05,93,034 units of electricity every year. This power will connect to the 220 kV double circuit Dana-Kushma transmission line under Kaligandaki Corridor. For this, the construction of transmission line including four towers is already completed.
Subin Shrestha, who is President of Myagdi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that Rahughat is considered as a ‘gateway’ for hydropower development in Myagdi. He added that local people are very excited that the project is finally completing after a long wait of two decades.
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