Rukum (East), July 20 : The Chhipkhola micro hydropower project that is under construction at the Sisne rural municipality-2 in Rukum (East), has come to the final phase of operation. The 40-KW capacity hydro project is being constructed with the joint investment of the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Sisne rural municipality and local infrastructure partnership programme.
All the construction related works of the project have been completed. Some machinery equipment are yet to be installed, shared spokesperson of the rural municipality and ward-2 chair Jeevan KC. The total investment of the project stands Rs 16.6 million. The very amount includes Rs 11.4 million of the AEPC, Rs 2.1 million of the rural municipality, Rs 2 million of the partnership programme, Rs 700,000 of the local social fund and Rs 400,000 raised by locals.
The project construction agreement was signed on July 2017 and its works had started from May 2018. Around 300 households of Chhipkhola settlement, Thuske and Dading and Kanda of ward-4 will be benefited from the electricity supply once it is fully completed
