{"id":436962,"date":"2026-09-30T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=436962"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:05:22","slug":"government-seeks-alternative-power-supply-after-bhotekoshi-flood-damages-several-hydropower-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/09\/30\/436962.html","title":{"rendered":"Government seeks alternative power supply after Bhotekoshi flood damages several hydropower projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> The government has started work on an alternative power supply system after 430 megawatts of electricity was disconnected from the national grid due to damage caused by the Bhotekoshi flood at several hydropower projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Energy Ministry has begun preparations for alternative power management after electricity supplied through the Trishuli Corridor to Balaju and Chapali in Kathmandu was disrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the disruption, the Balaju and Chapali transmission lines have come under increased pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy Ministry Spokesperson Mohan Kumar Shakya said preparations were underway to develop an alternative supply system, while the Nepal Electricity Authority has started work by forming a task force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shakya said the authority has moved ahead with plans to construct additional underground grids to ensure an alternative power supply during the coming winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Energy Ministry Spokesperson Mohan Kumar Shakya said preparations were underway to develop an alternative supply system, while the Nepal Electricity Authority has started work by forming a task force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":339208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-436962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436963,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436962\/revisions\/436963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436962"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=436962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}