Kathmandu — A 12.5 MW Myagdi Khola-B Hydropower Project is set to be constructed.
The project will utilize the water from the Myagdi River located in Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality of Myagdi district. It will be a run-of-the-river type project.
Sushmit Energy is undertaking the construction of this project.
The main structures of the project will be built on the right bank of the Myagdi River within Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality.
For the proposed Myagdi Khola-B Project, water from the tailrace of the 57.3 MW Myagdi Khola Hydropower Project will be prevented from flowing directly into the Myagdi River. Instead, it will be collected in a headpond measuring 24 meters in length, 8 meters in width, and 6.25 meters in height via an approach culvert.
The collected water will then be conveyed through a 1,359.65-meter-long headrace pipe and a 445-meter-long headrace tunnel to a surge tank with a depth of 28.4 meters. From there, the water will be transported to a surface powerhouse via a 204-meter-long penstock pipe, which measures 35.30 meters in length and 19 meters in width.
The target is to complete construction and begin commercial production by April–May 2028.
Source: Nepal Purbadhar
