December 25: Upper Marsyangdi 'A', constructed at Bhulbhul of North Lamjung has started power generation in its full capacity of 50 MW. The project which is a joint venture of Chinese multinational company Sino and Nepal's Sagarmatha Hydropower Company was supplying 25MW electricity since last mid-October.

"Upper Marsyangdi 'A' started generating additional 25MW of power to its full capacity from December 23," said Karna Adhikari, Public Relation Officer of the project. He added "The produced electricity will be connected to Nepal Electricity Authority's 'Metering Unit' within a week."

Two turbines with the capacity of 25MW each has been installed in the project. According to the project, 40MW electricity is being generated from both units at present. Earlier, the project was operating on only one turbine.

"The power generation fluctuate as per the direction of NEA," said Adhikari. The project constructed transmission line on its own expenses. The electricity generated from the project has been connected to NEA's Damauli transmission line.  According to the project, it will produce 57 million units of electricity in the current dry season and 260.6 million units in rainy season totalling 317.6 million units of electricity in one year.

The project has been constructed with a total of Rs 16 billion investment in which Chinese company Sino Hydro and Sagarmatha Hydropower share 90 and 10 per cent respectively.  The project which is 5.2 kilometres long is based on run of the river technology.