Monday, October 26, 2020

Super Dordi ‘B’ hydel project nears completion

Kathmandu, 27 October: The 54-megawatt Super Dordi ‘B’ Hydroelectricity Project is nearing completion. Eighty per cent of works of has been completed so far.

The project is under construction at Dhodeni of Dordi Rural Municipality, Ward Number 6, in Lamjung district. People Hydropower Company is responsible for constructing the project which is the biggest among the projects in the Dordi Corridor.This project is set to complete in August of 2021, and it would be connected to the national transmission line.

Earth works on the 227 metres long vertical shaft of the project have been completed. Similarly, only 72 metres of the 463 metres long the enclave shaft remains to be completed. Construction of other structures as electromechanical, tunnel and related works of the powerhouse are underway, according to the project.

The total cost of the project is Rs 8.8 billion. Nine banks have put in loan investment under the initiation of NABIL Bank Ltd. Seventy per cent of the project cost is loan investment while the remaining is the investment of the promoter company. People of the affected areas in the district have alone invested Rs 270 million.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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