The power plant is located about 500m downstream of the confluence of Sunkoshi river with the Bhotekoshi River in Dhuskun VDC of Sindhupalchowk district. It is about 90 Km North -East of Kathmandu along the Aranikio Highway, on the way to Tibet. Glass Fibre reinforced Plastic Pipe was used as pressure pipe for the first time in the region in this project. The Salient Features of this power plant are as follows:
Location: Sunkoshi River, Sindhupalchowk District
Type: Simple Run- Of- River
Installed Capacity: 2.5 MW
Design Discharge: 2.7 m3/s
Gross Head: 124.5m
Headworks: Low hight boulder lined
Diversion weir
Side Orifice Intake
Gravel trap
Settling Basin
Penstock Pipe: 2.6 Km long(GRP 2500m & MS Pipe approx 120 m)
Power House: Surface
Turbine: Two units with Turgo turbine (2 *1250 KW)
Source : Sanima Website