Api Power producing 20,000 litres of water from Chameliya power plant

By Our Correspondent

Baitadi, Nov. 10: The private sector Api Power Company, which has been generating 56 MW electricity from the Chameliya River, has recently opened a mineral water industry inside the power plant and started treating 20,000 litres of water daily and selling it in the market.

The water industry named Api has started selling water in bottles of four size - one litre, half a litre and 300 millilitres. 

The price of water has been fixed at Rs. 25 for one litre, Rs. 15 for half a litre and Rs. 10 for 300 millilitre bottles. 

According to the company, a total of 16 people have got employment in the water treatment plant.

The private sector-run Api Power Company has already produced 56.5 MW of electricity, including 40 MW from Upper Chameliya, 8.5 MW from Naugad and 8 MW from Upper Naugad. 

Chairman of the Api Power Company Guru Prasad Neupane said that the supply of pure drinking water to the market has started by operating the water treatment plant along with hydroelectricity generation.

He said, "The water is being sold in Baitadi, Darchula, Dadeldhura, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Doti. The water treatment plant has been producing 20,000 litres of water every day.”

The company said that it is preparing to sell and distribute Api water all over Nepal soon.

96 MW generation from Chameliya

The government of Nepal and private sector companies have started generating a total of 96.5 megawatts of electricity from five places in the Chameliya River.

A total of 96.5 MW, including around 30 megawatts in Balanch of Chameliya under the investment of Nepal government and 40 megawatts from upper Chameliya, 8.5 megawatts in Upper Chameliya, 8 megawatts in Naugad and 10 megawatts in Upper Naugadh has been generated under the private sector investment.

Khalanga's electricity connected to Chameliya grid

Around 53.79 megawatts of electricity produced in Khalanga River in Bajhang is also connected to Chameliay's grid.

With the 53.79 megawatt of electricity connected to the grid of Chameliya, 150 megawatt electricity generated in various rivers of Baitadi, Darchula and Bajhang is connected to the grid of Chameliya and to the national transmission line.

After generating electricity from five places of the same Chameliya River, electricity expansion has started in Baitadi, Darchula and Bajhang villages which are in darkness.

Engineer Janardan Paudel, chief of the Electricity Distribution Centre, Baitadi, said that they have a plan to provide electricity to 7,000 households in Baitadi this year.