Butwal-Bardaghat 220 kV transmission line comes into operation

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Dec. 14: The construction of the New Butwal-Bardaghat 220 kV double circuit transmission line has been completed.

The transmission line has been constructed to strengthen and make the electricity transmission system reliable within the country, transmit electricity produced from hydropower projects to be built in the western region, and expand bilateral and regional electricity trade between Nepal and India.

The construction of the 21.5-kilometre transmission line from the New Butwal substation located at Suryabasti in Sunwal Municipality-13 of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Paschim) to Bardaghat Municipality-5 of the same district has been completed and brought into operation from Thursday, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

 The 220 kV transmission line from the New Bharatpur substation located at Aanpatari in Bharatpur Metropolitan City-11 of Chitwan to New Butwal has been charged.

With the commissioning of the New Butwal-Bardaghat transmission line, the infrastructure of the 220 kV transmission line from New Butwal to Hetauda has been prepared. The transmission line can supply about 1,200 megawatts of electricity.

The Kaligandaki Corridor, which starts from Dana in Myagdi to the New Butwal substation, and the 220 kV transmission line from New Butwal-New Bharatpur-Hetauda has been built to integrate the electricity from the hydropower projects to be built in the Kaligandaki and its tributaries into the national grid.

Managing Director of NEA Kul Man Ghising said that the backbone of the 220 kV transmission line for east-west electricity flow from Bharatpur had been prepared and it would improve the voltage and increase the reliability of the overall system.

‘It will be easy to export the surplus electricity during the rainy season to India through Dhalkebar and to import the required electricity during the winter season and supply it to the west. After the construction of the New Butwal-Gorakhpur second cross-border transmission line is completed, it will open another door for electricity trade," he said.