Upper Tamakoshi Hydroelectric Project

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has established an autonomous company named Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Limited (UTKHPL) in March 2007 (2063/11/25 B.S.)

Similarly, representatives of Citizen Investment Trust (CIT) and Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) are also in the BoD as invitee members.

[11] The consultant for detailed design and construction supervision is Joint Venture Norconsult-Lahmeyer[12] in association with the local sub-consultant Total Management Services.

[16] The Nepalese Army was mobilized to provide security to the site in 2012, after it was reportedly threatened by vandalism and threats to construction staff and foreign workers.

[21] In May, 2018, it was reported that the planned July completion date could be jeopardized by late assembly of the turbomachinery that had been delivered to the site.

[22] Later in May, the country's finance minister said that the project was expected to contribute to robust national economic growth in 2018.

[8] The project was put on hold prior to completion of its testing and commissioning phase in 2020, when skilled foreign workers became unavailable in Nepal due to the global COVID-19 epidemic.

Upper Tamakoshi access tunnel