Power cut to come down

KATHMANDU, May 16 - With rivers witnessing a slight increase in discharge due to sporadic rainfall, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to marginally reduce power outage hours from next week, an official said on Friday. The cut in outage hours is yet to be worked out.
On April 17, the state-owned power monopoly had brought down daily power outage to 12 hours from 16.

According to the NEA official, the 144-MW Kali Gandaki 'A' project is generating about 100 MW during peak hours, up from 65-70 MW a few weeks ago.

The 70 MW Mid-Marshyangdi Hydro Electri-city project has been operating at full capacity for over a month during peak hours, while water level in the 90-MW Kulekhani Reser-voir, the only storage type hydro power project in the country, has also increased due to precipitation.

However, as the rain is intermittent and less intense, power generation is likely to fluctuate in the coming days if there is no rainfall. NEA said this will ultimately affect power generation