The incessant rain since Thursday, September 26, has damaged the electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure, interrupting the supply in many places across the country including half of the area in Kathmandu Valley, according to Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
“The demand in the Kathmandu Valley, normally, is around 400 MW, but it was only around 200 MW on Saturday morning,” said Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Spokesperson at NEA.
Most of the feeders supplying the electricity from the substation to the distribution points have been affected.
The feeders supplying electricity from the Baneshwar substation to Godavari, Imadol, Lubhu-Chyasal areas of Lalitpur district; from Bhaktapur substation to Khopasi, Nalinchok and Bode Water Supply Office; and from Patan substation to Khumaltar, Imadol, Satdobato, Godavari, Hattiwan, Chapagaon, Khokna, Chakrapath, Harisiddhi, Radio Nepal and Lubhu areas have been affected.
Similarly, the feeders supplying the power from Lainchaur substation have gone off.
The continuous downpower has also affected the Kirtipur, Bagmati, Tahachal, Sundhara, Kalimati, Chakrapath and Chamti feeders which are supplied with electricity from Teku substation, according to NEA. Hadigaon, which is being supplied with electricity from the new Chabahil substation, and Kalanki, Balambu ropeway feeders, which are being supplied with electricity from Kalopul and Syuchatar substations, have also been disturbed.
NEA Spokesperson Ghosh said that NEA has been working on restoring the power supply at the earliest. “But, floods and inundation in many places have made it difficult to carry out the repair works.”
Meanwhile, NCell announced the resumption of its major services.
Through a post on Social Media platform Facebook, the telecom service provider said that its technicians, with assistance from NEA, succeeded in resuming the services which were disrupted for a few hours.
