HETAUDA: The two production units of Kulekhani hydro project will be shut down for two weeks starting today for repair works. The turbines of production houses one and two will be shut for the repair works. Kulekhani I produces 60 MW of power while the second produces 32 MW.
However, Nepal Electricity Authority informed that it would not affect the load shedding hours. Chief of Kulekhani I Sachhinanda Mishra informed that the water level might increase by one metre in Mansarobar after the repair works was finished. The water level was 93.3 metres in Mansarobar on Tuesday.
According to Mishra, they had to dry the penstock pipe to repair the inlet valve.
 Mishra said, “This is the first time we are repairing the turbines after it was assembled in 1982.”  He informed that senior technicians of the NEA along with two Japanese technicians would be involved in the maintenance work.
He added that the shortfall of power in the national transmission would be balanced by the load supply balance as per the necessity.

हेटौंडा, पुस २७ - कुलेखानी जलविद्युत् आयोजनाको उत्पादन युनिटको मर्मत कार्य सुरु भएको छ । युनिटको बिग्रेका रोटरको मर्मत गर्न बुधबार भारत पठाइएको हो । पाँच महिनाअघि उक्त युनिट बिग्रेको थियो ।

दसमध्ये तीन रोटरको पोल बिग्रेकाले त्यसको मर्मत- सम्भार गर्न भारतस्थित हेभी इलेक्ट्री लिमिटेड -भेल) कम्पनीमा पठाएको नेपाल विद्युत् प्राधिकरण हेटौंडाले जनाएको छ  । युनिटको मर्मत गर्न साढे एक महिना लाग्ने एक प्राविधिकले बताए । नेपाली प्राविधिकहरूले गत भदौको अन्तिम सातामै जेनेरेटर खोल्ने कार्य गरेका थिए । तर सामान तथा प्राविधिक अभावका कारण ५ महिना बितिसक्दा पनि जेनेरेटरको मर्मत सुरु हुनसकेको थिएन ।

भारतस्थित हेभी इलेक्ट्री लिमिटेड -भेल) का प्राविधिक गत असोजमा निरीक्ष्ाणमा आएका थिए । उनीहरूले जेनेरेटरको मर्मत गर्न २ करोड लाग्ने जानकारी दिएको प्राधिकरणले जनाएको छ ।