Dolakha, Jan 17: The construction of Singati-Lamosanghu Transmission Line has not begun yet despite the completion of six years of the signing of an agreement to this end.
The locals have complained of apathy from the government level to bring the agreement into force. Other under-construction projects in the district have been affected due a delay in the construction of transmission line.
Power generated from the hydropower projects based in the northern area of the district has gone unutilised in the absence of the transmission line, said a local Ram Sharan Thakuri.
The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) in 2010 had signed an agreement with the Indian contracting company Aravali Infra Power in regard to the construction of the transmission line which was to complete by 2012 if the things would have gone according to the plan. The agreement also includes the project of the construction of a NEA sub-station at Singati.
There was an agreement of constructing the transmission line at a cost of Rs 4.2 million while the agreed cost for the construction of the sub-station is Rs 1.7 million. Though the 80 per cent works have been completed for the substation, no noticeable progress is in sight in regard to the construction of the 132-KV proposed transmission line, locals said. The distance from Singati to Lamosanghu is just 40 kilometers and 121 towers shall be constructed under the project. RSS
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