By Shyam Sundar 
According to preparatory information collected till Monday evening, 32 hydropower ventures found in 10 locale of three areas have been affected.
Floods and avalanches that happened after ceaseless downpours on Friday and Saturday have harmed 32 hydropower ventures working and beneath development over the country.
According to the Private Vitality Makers Affiliation (IPAN), concurring to preparatory information collected till Monday evening, 32 hydropower ventures found in 10 locale of three areas have been affected.
Of these, 17 ventures with a capacity of 180 MW and 15 hydropower ventures with a capacity of 338 MW beneath development have been influenced by the floods.
In the past a long time, there has been a gigantic misfortune of life due to the need of early caution of surges and need of certainty in the data gotten, and this year, an understanding has been come to between IPAN and the Division of Hydrology and Meteorology to trade early caution of surges and anticipate human misfortune by sending early notices in like manner, said IPAN Chairman Ganesh Karki.
Chairman Karki moreover said that due to opportune arrangements, there was exceptionally small physical harm to the hydropower ventures compared to the overwhelming downpours this time.
Hydropower ventures in Ilam area of Koshi territory, which was the most influenced by surges and avalanches, have moreover been the most influenced. Generation has been halted at 15 hydropower ventures that were operational in Ilam alone.
These incorporate 4.5 MW Maikhola, 8 MW Maikhola Cascade, 22 MW Maikhola (Sanima Mai), 7 MW Mai Cascade, 7.8 MW Super Mai, 9.6 MW Super Mai A, 3 MW Super Mai A Cascade, 7.6 MW Jogmai Khola, 5.2 MW Jogmai Cascade, 6.2 MW Lower Jogmai, 9.5 MW Maibeni, 9.9 MW Upper Mai, 5.1 MW Mai C Cascade, 4.96 MW Puwa 2 and 3 MW Upper Puwa 1 hydropower ventures in Ilam district.
Of the remaining two ventures, the 14.9 MW Hewakhola in Panchthar area of Koshi Area and the 52.4 MW Likhu 4 hydropower extend in Bagmati Territory have been influenced. As of now, generation at all ventures but Likhu is suspended. Likhu 4 was closed down for fair over an hour.
Most of the harm to under-construction ventures is on the get to road
The most harm to the under-construction hydropower ventures is on the get to street. Mohan Kumar Dangi, the administrator of the promoter company Lalupate Hydropower, educated that avalanches have happened in numerous places on the 12-kilometer get to street built by the 49.95 MW Dana Khola Hydropower Extend in Manang.
Dangi said that since the development of the venture started this year, the get to street has not been set however, and the rain has washed absent the street in numerous places.
Among the ventures beneath development, the 10 MW Siddhi Khola Hydropower Extend in Ilam, advanced by Siddhi Hydropower, was planning to go into commercial generation inside 10 days, but its control era date has been put off due to harm caused by the flood.
Construction materials and development gear of the 21.5 MW Sabha Khola B and 9.9 MW Hewakhola Hydropower Ventures in Panchthar have been washed away.
The get to streets of 4 hydropower ventures in Sindhupalchowk have moreover been washed absent by the surges. The get to streets of the 36.51 MW Bramhayani, 15.15 MW Upper Bramhayani, 40 MW Balefi and 22.5 MW Lower Balefi hydropower ventures have been washed absent by the floods.
The get to streets of the 20 MW Langtang Khola in Rasuwa, the 15.5 MW Irkhuwa Khola B in Bhojpur, the 14.5 MW Upper Irkhuwa, the 22.5 MW Upper Thulo Khola in Myagdi, the 6.82 MW Hidi Khola in Lamjung, the 48.8 MW Khimti 2 in Ramechhap and the 4.5 MW Gasali Khola hydropower ventures in Dhading have been harmed due to harm to different structures.
IPAN has expressed that it may take a few time for nitty gritty harm reports to be discharged due to the hindrance of get to courses to ventures that are in operation and beneath development.