Tanahun Hydropower Project achieves 78 percent physical progress

DAMAULI: Physical progress on the 140-MW Tanahun Hydropower Project has reached 78 percent, with construction advancing across all three packages of the project in Jhaputar, Rishing Rural Municipality-1, Tanahun.

Project Chief Shyamji Bhandari said work is progressing significantly under all three packages. Package 1 covers the dam and other headworks, Package 2 includes the main tunnel, powerhouse and related equipment, while Package 3 involves construction of the Damauli-Bharatpur 220-kV transmission line.

Under Package 1, the dam and other headworks are being constructed by Songda Kalika JV. Physical progress under the package has reached 63 percent, Bhandari said. Construction of the main dam, access road, temporary dam for diverting the Seti River and two diversion tunnels has been completed.