Nepal: MCC Transmission Lines Activity

Project number: NPL-2750BXCOMD-PWR-0494 Funding account: Millennium Challenge Corporation, Expenses Channel: U.S. Government - Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal - Power Project - Transmission Lines Activity: Through the Activity, MCC Funding will be used to construct approximately 300 kilometers of a double-circuit 400 kilovolt transmission line inside Nepal that includes the following components: 1) a segment starting from the northeast of Kathmandu at Lapsiphedi to the west of Kathmandu near Ratmate; 2) a segment from Ratmate to the industrial town of Hetauda, which is located south of Kathmandu; 3) another segment from Ratmate to Damauli to the west; 4) a segment from Damauli heading southwest toward Butwal; and 5) a link from Butwal to the Indian border.