Dordi corridor transmission line comes into full operation

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Apr. 7: The Dordi Corridor 132 kV double circuit transmission line constructed for the supply of electricity generated from Dordi and its tributaries of Lamjung district has become fully operational.

After completing the reconstruction of four towers that were damaged by the flood in Dordi River in June 2021, the transmission line has been brought into full operation from Thursday.

With the transmission line fully operational, the infrastructure has been prepared for the supply of about 300 megawatts of electricity, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

The NEA had brought into operation a partial section of the transmission line from Udipur in Besishahar Municipality of Lamjung to Kirtipur substation in Dordi Rural Municipality from last August.

As it seemed that it would take some time to rebuild the towers damaged by the flood, a partial section of the line was brought into operation using the Dordi Corridor line from Udipur substation to the Dordi Khola-1 Hydropower Project built by the private sector and from there to Kirtipur substation using the Dordi Khola-1 transmission line.

As an alternative arrangement, the electricity of hydropower projects built by the private sector was connected using the three and a half kilometres transmission line of Dordi Khola-1.

Ramesh Paudel, chief of the project, said that after the reconstruction of the tower was completed and the transmission line was brought into operation, the electricity of all the private sector hydropower projects built on the Dordi River was connected to the Kirtipur substation and supplied to the national system through the Dordi corridor transmission line.

The electricity generated from 27 MW Dordi Khola, 25 MW Upper Dordi 'A', 12 MW Dordi Khola-1 and 8.63 MW Chepekhola small hydropower projects is connected to the transmission line.

The electricity of other projects under construction and to be constructed in that corridor will be connected to this line, including the 54-megawatt Super-Dordi 'B' hydroelectric project which is at the final stage of construction.

As the construction of Udipur substation is likely to take some time, arrangements have been made to connect electricity to the switchyard of the currently operating Middle Marshyangdi Power Plant through an alternative arrangement.