• Installed Capacity: 53.5 MW
• Project Location: Dhaulagiri and Malika Rural Municipalities, Myagdi District, Gandaki Province
• Types of Scheme: Run of River (RoR)
• Gross Head: 196.30 m
• Net Rated Head: 184.42 m
• Design Discharge (at 39.4% PoE): 33.50 m3/s
• Net Annual Energy: 311.77 GWh
• Headrace Tunnel: 5747.50 m
• Power Evacuation to: Dadakhet Substation (1.5 km from Powerhouse)
Located at a distance of 320 Km North-West of Kathmandu, the Upper Myagdi-1 Hydropower Project (UM-1HPP) with an installed capacity of 53.5 MW is a Run-of-River (ROR) type of project. The project proposed in the Dhaulagiri and Malika Rural Municipalities of Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, Nepal is sited on the Myagdi Khola (River). The headworks is proposed at Khamla, 200m downstream of the confluence of the Myagdi & Mudi Rivers, and the powerhouse is proposed 350m upstream of the confluence of the Marang & Myagdi Rivers. The project lies in between the elevations of 1367.80 m and 1171.5 m above mean sea level.
Progress updates
Approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report obtained in May 2019.
Generation License was obtained from the Department of Electricity Development in February 2020.
Transmission line Survey License Obtained from Department of Electricity Department in December 2020.