Construction of New Butwal-Bardaghat Transmission Line completes

Kathmandu: Construction of the new Butwal-Bardaghat 220 kV Double Circuit Transmission Line has been completed.

The construction of this transmission line will contribute to strengthening and making the country’s power transmission system trustworthy, facilitating the supply of electricity produced from hydropower projects to be constructed in western areas and expanding bilateral and regional power trade between Nepal and India.

The 21.5-kilometre transmission line from the new Butwal sub-station located at Sunwal municipality-13 to Bardaghat municipality-5 has been charged from Thursday.

Likewise, the 220-kV transmission line from the new Bharatpur sub-station at Bharatpur metropolis-11 to the new Butwal sub-station has been charged.

With the operation of the new Butwal-Bardaghat transmission line, physical infrastructures for the 220-kV transmission line from Butwal to Hetauda have been prepared. The transmission line can carry around 1200 megawatts of electricity.

Executive Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Kul Man Ghising, said the 220-kV transmission line, the backbone for east-west power supply, has been prepared.

‘It will be easier to export surplus power to India via Dhalkebar during the rainy season and to supply power to western areas by importing during the winter season. The construction of the new Butwal-Gorakhpur second cross-border transmission line will open the door for electricity export and import,’ he stressed.

Mainly, it would be easier to supply power generated from Kaligandaki, Marsyangdi and the tributaries of these rivers.

The power produced from hydropower projects to be constructed at the Marsyangdi river watershed would be assorted at the new Bharatpur sub-station via the Marsyangdi corridor 220-kV transmission line. Power could be supplied to Hetauda and the new Butwal from the new Bharatpur.

Construction of the 400-kV new Butwal-Gorakhpur Cross-Border Transmission Line is underway. The estimated cost of the new Butwal-Bardaghat transmission line is around one billion rupees. It is being constructed with the investment of the government and a concessional loan from the Asian Development Bank.

RSS