Construction works begin for Myagdi corridor transmission line

Myagdi, May 2: Construction works have begun for the 132-KV transmission line under the Myagdi Corridor.

The double and multi-circuit transmission lines would be forwarded with three projects to be built in the Myagdi River.     

The electricity generated from the undertaking would be linked to the national transmission line. The transmission line stretches in 16.48 km from ward no 3 of Jeltung Rural Municipality-4 of Dhawalagiri to Dandakhet Substation of Nepal Electricity Authority.     

Proprietor of Hydro Empire, Purna Bahadur Pun, who is also a promoter of the Upper Myagdi Hydropower Project, said 164.75 MW electricity generated from the three projects under the Myagdi Corridor would be aligned to the national power system.     

The three projects being established will have total 57 towers. Rs 426 million is the estimated cost of the project. For this, 8.40 hectares of private land and 21.99 hectares of national forest land would be used.     

The government would be reimbursed for using the public forest, while the people whose land would be acquired for it would be compensated. Rs 4.1 million has been proposed for reduction of environmental impact and Rs 2.1 million for social assistance schemes under the project.     

The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation had approved the initial environmental examination on the project on March 25, 2025.(RSS)