MYAGDI, Oct 18: The 220 kV Dana-Khurkot transmission line under the Kaligandaki Corridor has resumed operation after a flood damaged three transmission towers in Myagdi, disconnecting 176 MW of electricity generated by seven hydropower projects in Myagdi and Mustang from the national grid.
Roshan Khadka, head of the Nepal Electricity Authority’s Gandaki Province Grid Branch, said the line was energized at 10:30 pm on Saturday after workers installed wires using a temporary tower built with Canadian technology.
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The flood had destroyed three towers in Dowa and Dhirchang of Annapurna Rural Municipality, Myagdi. The authority restored the connection within 20 days of the damage.
Assistant Director Sanjay Lohani said the temporary tower was erected in Aula, Annapurna Rural Municipality-1, opposite the Bhirkate section of the Beni-Jomsom road.
More than 20 engineers, a similar number of technicians and over 50 workers from hydropower projects and authority offices in the Kaligandaki region worked on the restoration over the past 15 days.