Located at a distance of 700 Km northeast of Kathmandu, Middle Mewa Hydropower project is one of the very few Peaking Run of River (PROR) type projects in Nepal. The project is proposed in Mewa river in Taplejung District of eastern Nepal. The project shall utilize the design discharge of 12.56 m3/s to generate 73.5 MW of electricity with daily peaking of 6 hours. The project is accessible through a 32 km of access road from Banande Bazar located at Mechi Highway. After the award of civil contract on January 2020, mobilization of civil works contractor commenced. Infrastructure works and site enabling works has been completed and construction works are ongoing in a full-fledged manner from multiple work fronts.
Progress Updates
Project Studies and Approval
Physical Works
Power Purchase Agreement was signed with Nepal Electricity Authority in August 2018.
Financial closure was concluded in November 2019 with Himalayan Bank Ltd. as a lead bank, Nepal Infrastructure Bank Ltd. as a Co-lead bank and Kumari Bank Ltd., Nepal SBI Bank Ltd., NCC Bank Ltd., and Sanima Bank Ltd. as member banks.
Generation License was obtained from the Department of Electricity Development in January 2020.
The project embarked on construction in January 2020 after the award of civil works contract to CE construction.
The project is advancing in a full-fledged manner to meet the target project commissioning date of October 2023.