Project details

Client: Jagdulla Hydropower Company Limited (JHCL)

Contract Effective Date: December 24, 2017

Contract Amount: NPR 2,00,55,550.75

Project Location: Jagadulla Rural Municipality and Mudkechula Rural Municipality of Dolpa district, Karnali Province

Project Description: Under the contract agreement for environmental impact study, the scope of the works included preparation and approval of Scoping Report and Terms of Reference (ToR) of Jagdulla Hydro Electric Project (106 MW) for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), baseline surveys, conduction of public hearing and consultations, project affected household/property survey and compensation planning, preparation and approval of EIA report from Ministry of Forests and Environment (MoFE) as per Environment Protection Act, 2076 and Environment Protection Regulations, 2077. Though initially proposed as storage type hydroelectric project having capacity of 307MW, it was changed to Peaking Run of River (PROR) type of 106MW based on detailed studies and optimization. Standards of International Financing Institutions (IFIs) have also been considered as far as possible given the resource and time to prepare the EIA report. Final outcome of the project, i.e. EIA report has been approved by the Ministerial level decision of MoFE dated 2080-07-13 B.S.

Status Completed

Tags: Environment Study