The Government of Germany has agreed to provide Nepal with an additional development grant of Euro 15 million (approximately Rs 1 billion 815 million). The grant will be used for building 43-km Damauli-Lekhnath hydro-electricity transmission line, the Embassy of Germany in Nepal stated.
In November 2016 the German Government had committed EUR 16 million for a transmission line project under its financial cooperation program “Promotion of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Nepal”. The new commitment of EUR 15 million is in addition to the existing development cooperation.
Now, the total commitment of EUR 31 million shall be made available to Nepal to support the construction of the Lekhnath-Damauli 220-KV double circuit transmission line. This transmission line is a priority component for strengthening Nepal’s national grid. This will efficiently transfer to the Nepalis households a significant generation of hydro-energy produced from Seti-Madi River basin. The financial arrangement of this cooperation will be made through German Development Bank-KfW.
The Project foresees the construction of power transmission facilities to transfer climate-friendly electricity generated by hydro-power plants. Alongside the construction of the transmission line, two different energy-substations in Lekhnath and Damauli will also be set up with this financial cooperation, it is stated.
