Kulman Ghising<\/span>, managing director of the Nepal Electricity Authority.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n“Also, we can now save water in the Kulekhani reservoir and use it to avert intermittent supply issues in other regions. The load centre is near Kathmandu, and the Upper Trishuli plant will produce around 45 megawatts, even during the winter. This will help us to maintain the demand-supply equilibrium in Kathmandu,” he was quoted as saying by Money.<\/p>\n
8 percent of Nepal\u2019s power demand<\/h3>\n
Ghising believes that if the plant runs smoothly, it will be able to meet 8 percent of the country’s power demand and help to reduce its dependence on India for energy, especially during the winter, local media said.<\/p>\n
The electricity generated by the plant will mainly serve people in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, to further ease electricity shortages in the region, said Wang Ziyang, the project manager from China Gezhouba Group.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nA Collaborative Effort<\/h3>\n
The project was originally due for completion in 2014. But a serious earthquake in 2015 damaged the dam road and brought a series of obstacles for Chinese construction workers, including mudslides, shortages of supplies and poor road traffic. The recovery work was not started until 2017.<\/p>\n
At the peak of the construction, around 600 Nepalese and more than 200 Chinese workers worked on the site together, many of whom became close friends during that time.<\/p>\n
Krishna Shrestha is a mechanic who worked on the project for seven years. In order to communicate better with his Chinese colleagues and further improve his skills, Krishna bought himself textbooks and audio-visual materials to learn Chinese and practiced every day during his commute, according to China Radio International.<\/p>\n
The second generator set of the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station will be connected to the grid at the end of June this year.<\/p>\n
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