106 MW of electricity being generated daily from Kulekhani will be continued

October 9, Kathmandu 


Keeping in mind the festival, the Kulekhani Hydropower Project will continue to generate 106 MW of electricity daily.

The Kulekhani Hydropower First Project has stated that it will continue to generate 106 MW of electricity keeping in mind the growing demand of consumers during the festival. The project, established in Makwanpur of Bagmati province, has been generating 606 MW of electricity from Kulekhani I, 32 MW from II and 14 MW from III. Chief of Kulekhani I Project Dhirendra Chaudhary said that the regular power generation of the project will be continued as per the direction of Nepal Electricity Authority.

Project Chief Chaudhary informed that the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will continue to generate electricity at full capacity from now on as the consumption will be reduced according to the season.

Ram Kumar Chaudhary, a technician at Kulekhani Hydropower Control Room, said that the Indrasarovar Reservoir in Indrasarovar Village Municipality of Makwanpur District has a water level of 1526.56 cm till 3 pm on September 8, but the 7 km long reservoir is yet to be filled with five meters of water.