Kulekhani increases power generation by 38 per cent

Hetauda: Kulekhani Hydropower Project, the only storage type hyropower project in the country, has increased its electricity production by 38 per cent following the increase in water level at Indrasarovar, the reservoir of the project.
According to Iswori Prasad Jaiswal,a civil engineer of the project, water level in the reservoir was recorded 1,494.62 metre on Monday. It requires 35.88 metre additional water to fill the reservoir that has the total capacity of 1530.50 metres. There was 1493.82 metre water in the reservoir two months ago. The project can generate the electricity until there is 1483 metre water in the reservoir. Water level is increasing by five centimetres each day now. The staffers at the project informed that Kulekhani Project is generating 120 mega hours of electricity per day which was only 73 mega hours on April days.
One out of two turbines of the project, which has not been functioning for a long, will resume its function by two months’ time. The turbine was sent to India for maintenance an year ago. Bharat Heavy Electric Limited of India has sent the pole router of the turbine to Nepal after maintenance. According to the officials the maintenance cost NRs 2.3 million. The project has imported 80 mega watt of electricity from India to collect water in the reservoir