Nuwakot, March 21: The work of linking Chilime Hydroelectricity Project  to the 66 kv central feeder grid installed at Trishuli Hydroelectricity Centre and the Devighat Hydroelectricity Centre was eighty per cent complete, it is learnt from the 66-kv Chilime-Trishuli-Devighat Transmission Project Office.

It is a 39-kilometre distance between the 20-megawatt capacity Chilime Power House to the Trishuli and Devighat Hydroelectricity Centre and 92 of the 125 electricity pylons required to cover the distance have been constructed, chief of the Chilime Power Project Mr. Bishnu Prasad Upadhyaya told RSS.

He said power transmission lines have also been installed along the distance. The entire work is expected to be completed by July end.

The towers have been constructed at a distance ranging from 175 metres to 1240 metres depending on the relief features of the terrain, he said.

The construction works for the 66-kv Chilime-Trishuli-Devighat transmission had begun in January 1999 with the joint investment of about Rs 20 million from His Majesty’s Government and Nepal Electricity Authority.