The Nepal Electricity Authority has awarded a $47.5 million-contract to a South Korean firm for the construction of a 30 MW hydro-power project in Darchula district of western Nepal.

The contract given to Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power also includes installation of 132 KV transmission lines which will link the proposed Chameliya hydro-power project with the national grid, sources at the NEA said.
Manager of the Chameliya project K R Bhatta has signed an agreement with the representative of the Korean company, the sources added. The China Gezhouba Group Corporation had already started the civil works for the project in January 2007.
The deadline for completion of the whole project having a total cost of $99.9 million is 2011-12.
(Source: PTI)