| Developer |
United Idi Mardi and Rb Hydro Power Pvt. Ltd |
| Project |
Upper Mardi Khola Hydropower Project |
| District |
Kaski |
| Location of Project Site |
Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality |
| Water Source |
Mardi Khola |
| Type of Scheme |
RoR |
| Access Road |
6 km |
| Installed Capacity |
7000 kW |
| Gross head |
335m |
| Rated Design head |
318.58 m |
| Design Discharge |
2.60m3/s |
| Catchment Area at Intake |
39.87 km |
| Probability of Excedance |
50 % |
| Head works |
Ogee Shaped Concrete weir 10m |
| Weir Crest Elevation |
EL 1650 m |
| Under sluice |
2 vertical sluice gates |
| Intake Type |
Side Intake with Orifice Opening |
| Connecting Channel |
80m RCC Rectangular |
| Gravel Trap |
Gravity Flushing |
| Headrace Canal |
Rcc tank, 157.803³ |
| Desander |
Double Chambered Gravity flushing |
| Penstock Pipe |
Surface 1.20m dia |
| Pipe Material |
Mild steel (IS 2062-B) |
| Length |
3700m |
| Number of Anchor Blocks |
72 nos. including Y and Bellmouth block |
| Powerhouse |
Surface Rcc (27.50mx16.20m) |
| Tailrace |
Rectangular RCC, 80m |
| Turbine |
Pelton,Horizontal axis 2 units |
| Transmission |
11km, 33kV Single Circuit |
| Interconnection/Metering Point |
NEA 132 kV at Baskot Hemja Substation |
| Deemed Generation |
35.880 GWh |
| Construction Started |
2073 Falgun |
| COD/Commissioned date |
2075 Sharawan 1st Purposed |
| Rate per unit of energy |
Rs 4.80 for wet season and 8.40 For dry season. |
| Annual Revenue |
Rs 18 Crore , 39 Lakhs, 8 thousand 1 Hundred 39 |
| Project Cost without IDC |
Nrs 93.75 Million |
| Total Cost at Commissioning |
Rs 125 Million |
| Debt : Equity |
75 : 25 |
| Financed by |
Prime Commercial Bank Limited as lead bank and Century Commercial Bank and Janata Bank as coalition bank. |
