Micro-hydel project construction comes to a final stage

Kathmandu - The Chhipkhola micro hydropower project, under construction at Sisne rural municiplaity-2 in Rukum (east), has come to a final phase of operation. The 40-KW capacity hydro project is being constructed at the shared investment of the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Sisne rural municipality and local infrastructure partnership programme.

All the construction related works of the project have been completed. Some machinery equipment are yet to be installed, shared spokesperson of the rural municipality and ward-2 chair Jeevan KC. The total investment of the project was Rs 16.6 million. It includes Rs 11.4 million of the AEPC, Rs 2.1 million of the rural municipality, Rs 2 million of the partnership programme, Rs 700,000 of the local social fund and Rs 400,000 raised by locals.