Upper Marshyangdi-A hydro likely to be ready in September

Kathmandu February 24- The construction of the Upper Marshyangdi-A hydropower plant is likely to be completed within the next seven months, as per the contractor for the 50 MW project. The contractor Sino Hydro Resources has planned to complete the construction work by September after it was delayed by the earthquake and Indian embargo which led to shortages of fuel and building materials. 

Arjun Gurung, public relations officer of Sino Hydro Resources, said that the contractor had pushed the deadline back to September from January after work was held up by the tremor and blockade. After the border closure was lifted at the beginning of February, the project has been making rapid progress. Gurung said that construction materials stuck at the border points had started arriving at the project site.

Sino Hydro Sagarmatha Power Company is the developer of the project in which Chinese company Sino Hydro has a 90 percent stake and Nepali company Sagarmatha Power Company holds the rest of the shares.