KATHMANDU, 08 September 2021, (TON): Four hydroelectricity projects operating in Myagdi, Mustang, and Parbat have halted power production after a transmission tower collapsed. The transmission tower at Chuwa of Kushma Municipality-8, Parbat district has fallen down, leading to disruption in the supply of a total of 70.6 megawatts of electricity from two power plants from Myagdi and one each from Parbat and Mustang.

The Number 4 tower of the 132 KV transmission line connecting the powerhouse of the Modikhola-1 Hydroelectricity Project with the Modi sub-station had collapsed due to the flood and landslide that occurred last Friday.

Upendra Gautam, Managing Director of United Modi, the promoter of the 10-megawatt-capacity Modi-1 Hydroelectricity Project, said that the rest of the hydropower projects connected to the national transmission grid via the Modi sub-station have been affected due to this.

It is said soil and debris have been deposited in the 500 metres long canal of the Modi-1 project. Its dam has also been damaged due to the flooding.

Along with Modi-1, the 42 megawatts capacity Mistrikhola hydroelectricity project at Narchyang, Annapurna Rural Municipality-4, and the five megawatts capacity Ghalemdikhola project in Myagdi district, as well as the 13.6 megawatts capacity Thapakhola Hydropower Project at Tukuche in Mustang, have stopped production.