{"id":24062,"date":"2026-07-17T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24062"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:26:15","slug":"arun-iii-hydro-power-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arun-iii-hydro-power-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Power Secretary recently reviewed the progress of SJVN&#8217;s 900 MW Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project in Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> 900 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> run-of-the-river hydropower project being developed on the<\/span><b> Arun River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Sankhuwasabha District of<\/span><b> Eastern Nepal.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Arun <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a<\/span><b> tributary of the Koshi River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Nepal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It envisages a <\/span><b>concrete gravity dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about 70m high<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a Head Race Tunnel (HRT) of 11.74 km with an<\/span><b> underground power house <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">containing four generating units of 225 MW each on the left bank.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estimated to cost more than $1.6 bn, the hydropower plant will produce 4,018.87 million units of electricity a year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once completed, it will be the <\/span><b>biggest hydroelectric facility in Nepal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being developed on a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/public-private-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>build-own-operate and transfer (BOOT) <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basis by<\/span><b> Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Arun 3 Power Development Company (SAPDC)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a <\/span><b>joint venture <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the <\/span><b>Government of India and the Government of Himachal Pradesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>SAPDC <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will<\/span><b> operate the facility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a period of<\/span><b> 25 years, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">excluding the construction period of five years,<\/span><b> before transferring ownership to the Nepal government.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nepal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will <\/span><b>receive 21.9% of the electricity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> generated at the power plant as <\/span><b>free power <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during these<\/span><b> initial 25 years <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of commercial operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will provide <\/span><b>surplus power to India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, strengthening economic linkages with Nepal.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>power <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the project shall be<\/span><b> exported from Dhalkebar in Nepal to Muzaffarpur in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/psuwatch.com\/newsupdates\/power-secretary-reviews-progress-of-sjvns-900-mw-arun-3-hydropower-project-in-nepal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PSU<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project is a 900 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project being developed on the Arun River in the Sankhuwasabha District of Eastern Nepal. 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