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Upper Mardi Khola Hydropower Project

Developer : United Idi Mardi and Rb Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd
Project : Upper Mardi Khola  Hydropower Project
District : Kaski
Location of Project Site : Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality
Water Source : Mardi Khola
Type of Scheme : RoR
Access Road : 6 km
Installed Capacity : 7000 kW
Gross head : 335m
Rated Design head : 318.58 m
Design Discharge : 2.60m3/s
Catchment Area at Intake : 39.87 km
Probability of  Excedance : 50 %
Head works : Ogee Shaped Concrete weir 10m
Weir Crest Elevation : EL 1650 m
Under sluice : 2 vertical sluice gates
Intake Type : Side Intake with Orifice Opening
Connecting Channel : 80m RCC Rectangular
Gravel Trap : Gravity Flushing
Headrace Canal : Rcc tank, 157.803³
Desander : Double Chambered Gravity flushing
Penstock Pipe : Surface  1.20m dia
Pipe Material : Mild steel (IS 2062-B)
Length : 3700m
Number of Anchor Blocks : 72 nos. including Y and Bellmouth block
Powerhouse : Surface Rcc (27.50mx16.20m)
Tailrace : Rectangular  RCC, 80m
Turbine : Pelton,Horizontal axis 2 units
Transmission  : 11km, 33kV Single Circuit
Interconnection/Metering Point : NEA 132 kV at Baskot Hemja Substation
Deemed Generation  : 35.880 GWh
Construction Started : 2073 Falgun
COD/Commissioned date : 2075 Sharawan 1st Purposed
Rate per unit of energy : Rs 4.80 for wet season and 8.40 For dry season.
Annual Revenue : Rs 18 Crore , 39 Lakhs, 8 thousand 1 Hundred 39
Project Cost without IDC : Nrs 93.75 Million
Total Cost at Commissioning : Rs 125 Million