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KP Oli switches on Nepal's largest hydropower project

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Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has inaugurated the Upper Tamakoshi hydropower project, the country's largest, with an installed capacity of 456MW, which is expected to make the country a power exporter in the monsoon season.

Oli "switched on" the button on Monday through a video conference after the electricity generated by one of the six turbines of the project was evacuated to the national grid, reports Xinhua news agency.

The project on Tamakoshi River in Dolakha district, approximately 200 km from Kathmandu, is one of the country's National Pride Projects.

"Once power is generated from all turbines, the country will have surplus energy making the country capable of exporting electricity," said Hitendra Dev Shakya, managing director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

"The completion of the Upper Tamakoshi project has provided an opportunity for Nepal to export power in addition to local consumption, which is a great achievement," Oli said during the inauguration.

The Upper Tamakoshi hydropower project started in 2011 and was supposed to complete in six years, yet change in the design of the main tunnel, earthquake in 2015, India's trade blockade in the same year and a lockdown imposed to contain the Covid-19 have all contributed to the delay and cost overrun of the project.

Initially, the project was expected to cost $409 million including the interest to be paid to creditors, now the estimated final cost has reached around $709 million, according to the NEA.

Irrespective of the growing cost, Energy Minister Bishnu Paudel said the project would contribute around 1 per cent to the country's GDP.

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