Salient Feature:
The brief salient features of the project as described in the PPA documents are;
- Project Name: Kalanga Gad Hydro Electric Project (KGHEP)
- Project Area: Kedarsyu Rural Municipality, Bajhang
- Source: Kalanga gad khola
- Project Type: RoR
- Project Capacity: 15.33 MW
- Catchment area at HW: 446.71 Sq. km
- Design Discharge: 20.70m3/sec
- Gross Head: 136.50 m
- Weir: Length – 42m , Height – 4m
- Desanding Basin: Length – 110m
- Penstock: 326 meter, diameter 1.55 m and thickness of 22 mm
- Powerhouse: The powerhouse is of surface type and size 35m x 26m x 20m
- Turbine: Vertical Axis Francis 2 unit
- Generating Units: Two units of 3 phase synchronous Generator of 50 Hz of Frequency and Generation Voltage of 11 KV.
- Head Race Tunnel: 3770.80m of 3.1m dia of inverted D-shape
- PPA and Energy: Total annual contract energy of 97.962 GWb, 76.696 GWh wet and 21.266 GWb dry
- Project Cost NRs 4,339 million
- Commercial Operation Date: Magh 27, 2079