Monsoon-induced disasters have caused significant damage to various hydropower projects and transmission lines.

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Spokesperson Chandan Kumar Ghosh reported that the headworks and powerhouses of several projects, including the 456-megawatt Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project, Mandu Hydropower Project, and Hewakhola Hydropower Project, were heavily affected.

Additionally, physical infrastructure and equipment of the under-construction Upper Trishuli-II project also sustained damages.

Ghosh further mentioned that five workers from the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project are missing after floods hit the area.

In another incident, a section of the Khimti-Lamosanghu Transmission Line was damaged when tower number 7 was swept away by the flood, disrupting power supply to the Kathmandu Valley through the grid. Similarly, the Damak-Godak transmission line is also down, along with transmission lines along the Solu and Koshi corridors.

As domestic hydropower projects face severe damage, NEA has imported 300 megawatts of power from India to meet local demand.

Workers from the affected powerhouses have been moved to safer locations due to widespread flooding across hydropower sites. Currently, hydropower projects in the country are generating just 1,300 megawatts of electricity, as many have been impacted by landslides and floods. -- RSS