Kathmandu, Sept 27: Incessant rainfall, strong winds, floods, landslides, and lightning have damaged electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure across the country, disrupting power supply in several areas.
Flooding in rivers and streams has also affected electricity generation at several hydropower projects.
Power generation has been halted at the 140 MW Kaligandaki, 25 MW Upper Madi, 44 MW Super Madi, 20 MW Namaarjun Madi, 40 MW Seti River, 25 MW Upper Dordi, 50 MW Upper Marsyangdi, 70 MW Middle Marsyangdi and 69 MW Marsyangdi projects, among others, including Modi.
Towers 21 and 22 along the Dana-to-Kushma section of the 220 kV Kaligandaki Corridor Transmission Line, between Myagdi and Parbat districts, have also been damaged.
A fault has also occurred on the Kushma to New Butwal section of the Kaligandaki Corridor transmission line. As a result, around 200 MW of electricity generation from projects connected to the corridor has been affected.
Floods and landslides have also damaged 220 kV, 132 kV, 33 kV and 11 kV transmission and distribution infrastructure.
Nepal Electricity Authority Executive Director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha said technical and maintenance teams have been deployed to affected areas to assess the preliminary damage, identify locations where power supply has been disrupted, arrange alternative supply and immediately repair damaged infrastructure.
Shrestha said the authority is restoring electricity wherever possible through alternative feeders and other available transmission and distribution infrastructure.
Work is underway to assess damaged facilities and gradually restore power supply by mobilising necessary equipment, materials and personnel.
Shrestha said the authority has given high priority to restoring electricity to consumers as quickly as possible despite extensive damage caused by the natural disasters.
However, heavy rainfall, floods, landslides and blocked roads have made it difficult for technical teams to reach some affected areas.
He said additional technical teams and equipment would be deployed as soon as roads and access routes reopen, allowing repair and restoration work to be accelerated.
The authority has urged consumers to remain cautious during the disaster and stay away from damaged electricity infrastructure, fallen power lines and utility poles.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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