[1][2] A 5.9 km (3.7 mi) long headrace tunnel connects the reservoir to the power station which contains three 48 MW Francis turbine-generators.

It is a run-of-river type of project and currently is the largest power plant of any kind in Nepal with an installed capacity of 144 MW.

It was constructed with the financial aid of the Asian Development Bank with total costs reaching US$354.8 million (50 billion NPR (approx)).

Data on discharge, suspended sand concentration in the river, and on the flow diverted into the turbines is shown in figure 3.

A sub-station has been constructed in Lekhnath Municipality, Kaski district and the existing Jogikuti substation in Butwal has been upgraded.