Project Name: Middle Mewa Hydropower Project
Type of Scheme: Peaking Run-of-River (PRoR)
Installed capacity: 73.5 MW
Project Location: Mikhwa Khola & Meringden R. Municipality, Taplejung
Located at a distance of 700 Km northeast of Kathmandu, Middle Mewa HPP is one of the very few Peaking Run of River (PROR) type projects in Nepal. The project is proposed in Mewa river in the Taplejung District, Province-1 of eastern Nepal. The headworks is located just downstream of the confluence of Phungphunge Waterfall and Mewa river and the underground powerhouse is located on the left bank of Mewa river between the elevation of 1500 m to 950 m above mean sea level.
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