Up to 7 hours power cut per day, one load shedding holiday per week ::

Extending 4 hours in existing 3 hours long power cut duration, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has imposed up to 7 hours of load shedding per day in every household in most parts of the country to be effective from Thursday. However, consumers will enjoy one load shedding holiday per week.

NEA extended power cut duration as it faced drastic fall in electricity generation from run-of-river projects and quick depletion of water level in the reservoir feeding the two Kulekhani projects in Makwanpur district.

According to NEA, parts of the country other than west of Lamahi and east of Lahan will face seven hours of power cuts per day for four days every week and six hours of power cuts per day for two days every week. These parts will enjoy a load-shedding holiday every week.

In areas west of Lamahi, the existing power cut schedule of three hours daily will continue, while in Lahan and areas east of it, there will be 24 hours of power cut per week.

Sher Singh Bhat, chief of NEA's Systems Operations Department said there will be seven hours of power cut for four days and six hours of cut for two days every week in other areas, including Kathmandu valley. There will be one load shedding holiday per week.

According to Bhat, the 80 megawatts of power being imported from India will be used only in areas west of Lamahi and east of Lahan, making it possible for NEA to enforce power cuts of lesser durations in those areas.

He also informed that a major chunk of load-shedding hours will be enforced at night, stretching upto midnight.

NEA had said that load shedding hours could reach 12 hours per day if water level in the reservoir continues to fall. However Bhat said this schedule is expected to last till mid-March.

The country's run-of-river projects that can produce 440 MW in total when run at full capacity are producing only 190 megawatts at the moment due to a sharp decline in water level in the rivers.

Up to 7 hours power cut per day, one load shedding holiday per week ::

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