Nepal-China cross-border transmission line project report to be completed
Detailed project report of the first Nepal-China 80 km Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi-Kyirong 400 kVA high-voltage cross-border transmission line is about to be completed.
Nepal: The detailed project report of the first Nepal-China 80 km Galchhi-Rasuwagadhi-Kyirong 400 kVA high-voltage cross-border transmission line is about to be completed.
As per an agreement signed between Nepal and China in 2017, the joint technical team and consultants are conducting the DPR works for the project.
The transmission line will extend from Galchhi in Nepal to Shigatse in China, which is also route of much-hyped Kathmandu-Kyirong electric railway. Only 80 km out of estimated 800 km length of transmission line lies within Nepali territory. The Nepali portion of the power line will stretch from Galchhi in Dhading district to Rasuwagadhi on the border with China in the north.
The Nepal’s Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, on May 8, 2018, had unveiled a plan and had set a target to generate 3,000 MW of electricity within three years and connect it to the national grid. Likewise, the energy ministry had also stated that it would generate 5,000 MW of energy within five years and 15,000 MW of electricity within 10 years.
Source: The Himalayan Times