All project sites, excluding the reservoir area and transmission line corridor, are located in either Doti and/or Dadeldhura Districts.

The dam's catchment area covers the upper 4,022 square kilometres (1,553 sq mi) of the Seti River Basin and its reservoir volume would be 1.5 km3 (1,200,000 acre⋅ft) of which 926,000,000 m3 (751,000 acre⋅ft) would be active (or "useful") storage.

[2] The drop in elevation from the reservoir to the power station would afford a hydraulic head of 259 m (850 ft).

[1] The dam was to be built by Snowy Mountain Engineering Corporation (SMEC) under West Seti Hydropower Company Limited (WSHPL).

However, in June 2011 the Government of Nepal terminated the construction license after SMEC's decision to stop funding & it was linked to the lack of interest shown by CMEC and ADB to pour in money in the mega project.