Electricity Authority Executive Director Says Load Shedding Has Not Started in Chitwan

Summary:
Hitendra Dev Shakya, the Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), stated that the claims about load shedding starting in Chitwan are not true. He explained that power supply was temporarily stopped for maintenance work, specifically to upgrade the substation in Chitwan by replacing old conductors that could no longer handle the load.

Due to the old conductors' inability to support increased electricity demand, especially during the hot season and irrigation period when load increases significantly, there were power outages which some misinterpreted as load shedding.

The Chanauli distribution center had issued a 6-hour load shedding schedule due to the overloaded 33 kV conductor from Bharatpur substation, which cannot handle more than 300 amperes, but currently faces demand up to 450 amperes. This has led to the necessity of load shedding in certain feeder lines supplying Narayani-Madi, Meghauli-Vijaynagar-Shukrungar, and Jagatpur-Rampur areas.

To solve this issue, a new 33 kV transmission line from Baseni substation is under construction to increase capacity.

Additionally, Shakya mentioned that the administrative review committee's deadline for resolving the dispute over payments for dedicated and trunk lines has been extended by 35 days. If payments are not cleared, power lines may be cut off.

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