Overview of the Kali Gandaki Hydropower Project

Overview of the Kali Gandaki Hydropower Project

Kali Gandaki is a hydro power project located in Nepal that is suitably named after the river it is located in. the dam, which is the largest in Nepal to this day is located in the Gandaki River. The power plant being the largest in the country has a capacity of 144 W. the project which had been proposed in the early 1990’s, began construction in 1996. Various engineers both local; but mostly imported worked on the dam for the next years, completing the project in 2002. The World Bank declared it a success, despite the various challenges that the encountered in distribution and production of power. Before the…