Mugu district of Karnali Province is now connected to the national electricity transmission system. The Nepal Electricity Authority has supplied electricity to Gamgadhi, the district headquarters of Mugu, by tapping the 33 kV transmission line from Kalikot to Jumla at a place called Nagma.
JUMLA: Electricity service has been disrupted in Jumla district due to snowfall. Jumla folks are compelled to stay in dark for disruption of electricity supply in the national grid due to continuous snowfall since Tuesday. Chief of Nepal Electricity Authority, Jumla Distribution Centre, Naresh Dutta Rawal, said electric poles and wires have been damaged at […]
KATHMANDU: Power supply has been disrupted for two weeks in Khalanga, the headquarters of Jumla district. The flood and landslide triggered by incessant rains since October 5 damaged the national transmission line resulting in the disruption of power supply, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Jumla said. Chief of the NEA Jumla electricity distribution centre, Naresh Datta […]
Snowfall caused discontinuation of electricity forcing local people to live in the dark, said a local resident, Karna Buda. Utility poles and wires at many places are damaged in the disaster, said Naresh Rawal, chief of the Jumla distribution center, Nepal Electricity Authority, adding that it, as a result, affected around 3,500 customers. Electricity supply would resume after repairing the damaged utility poles and wires once the weather becomes clear, he said.
KARNALI, Jan 6: Folks of Tila and Tatopani rural municipality in Jumla are being compelled to use kerosene lamps for light following massive flood and landslide events on last October 18. People have been forced to live in the dark when the flood blew away micro hydropower.
There has been no electricity in both the rural municipalities for over three months after the flood and landslides caused damages to five micro hydropower projects. With this locals have adopted temporary alternative measures for light.
Even locals are not getting electricity for charging mobile. Due to power disruption, rice mills are also not in operation. Jamane Sunar, a local of Tila-4, Sanppulli village, commented that they were forced to survive an animal-like life owing to all-pervasive darkness since long. "People use electricity for cooking meal, watching television and running industries. But, we are living a dark life in lack of power supply for a long time", he commented, asking who will bring electricity for the weaker section of the society.
The natural calamities had trigged bigger losses at Tila-4, Sanpulli, and Rawatwada, Nuwakot village. Likewise, the flood and landslides had eroded swathes of land at Tatopani-4, Hanku, Thanta, Gidikhola, Niyapani and ward 7 and 8. It is very disheartening that the citizens affected from natural disasters have not so far received any relief package from the government, locals complained.
Jumla district has now been connected to the national transmission line of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
According to Gaurav Pandey, chief of NEA Distribution Centre, Jumla, 11 KV national transmission line was connected in Jumla on Sunday via Kalikot for the time being.
As soon as it reached Kalikot line, the NEA had been working at a fast pace in order to meet its target to connect Jumla to the national transmission line soon.
Pandey also thanked all the supporters for successfully connecting electricity line to Jumla headquarters.
Even to this day, several parts of Karnali province, including Jumla, lack proper access to electricity. Power outages are frequent and the district isn’t connected to the national grid. However, locals are finally hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel with the national transmission line finally reaching Jumla.
JUMLA, Oct 8: Mun Bahadur Dangi of Dangiwad village of Jumla never went to school. Neither he had any experience of studying late night using oil lamp. However, he always had a dream to see electricity replacing oil lamps and children of his village studying with ease. Just one and half years ago, the dream suddenly got fulfilled thanks to the wind energy installed by Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC) in his village.
