NEA extended completion deadline of Kabeli

Kathmandu January 7- The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has pushed back the deadline for the completion of the Kabeli Corridor Transmission Line Project till April 2017. According to the original plan, the power lines would have been installed by now.

The project consists of building a 90-km-long transmission line extending from Damak, Jhapa to Amarpur, Panchthar in eastern Nepal. So far, only a 34-km section from Damak to Godak, Ilam has been completed.

A total of 92 towers and a substation have been established. The 22 MW Sanima Mai, 6.2 MW Puwa Khola and 4.5 MW Sana Mai Khola hydropower projects have been connected to the high-tension power line.

The project has been plagued by problems related to right of way, poor performance by contractors and lack of coordination among government agencies resulting in interminable delays.