Lower Arun Hydroelectric Project

Lower Arun Hydropower Project Latest News

Patel Engineering recently won a Rs 1,593.08 crore contract for the Lower Arun Hydroelectric Project in Nepal.

About Lower Arun Hydropower Project

• It is a 679 MW run-of-river project planned on the Arun River (a tributary of the Koshi River) in the Sankhuwasabha and Bhojpur districts of Eastern Nepal.
• The project will be built under the build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) model.
• The project is being developed by Investment Board Nepal and SJVN (a Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, Government of India).
• This is the second project awarded to SJVN in Nepal, the first one being the 900 MW Arun 3 Hydro Electric Project in Sankhuwasabha District.
• The project will not have any reservoir or dam and will be a tailrace development of the Arun-3 hydro project, which will mean water re-enters the river for the Lower Arun project.
• On completion the Project will generate 2970 million units of electricity per annum.

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Key facts about Arun-3 Hydropower Project

• It is a 900 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project being developed on the Arun River in Sankhuwasabha District in Nepal. 
• It will include the construction of a 70 m-tall and 466 m-long concrete gravity dam.
• Once completed, it will be the biggest hydroelectric facility in Nepal. It will produce 4,018.87 million units of electricity a year.
• SJVN Arun-III Power Development Company (SAPDC), a wholly owned subsidiary of India’s Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), is developing the project on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) basis.
  • SJVN is a joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Himachal Pradesh.
• SAPDC will operate the facility for a period of 25 years, excluding the construction period of five years, before transferring the ownership to the Nepal government.
• The project will provide surplus power to India, strengthening economic linkages with Nepal. 
  • The power from the project shall be exported from Dhalkebar in Nepal to Muzaffarpur in India.

Source: DEVD