According to date 2071/2/23 nepal government secretariat level
meeting decision , CDE suresh shrestha and engineer ukesh shrestha
are selected for loadshedding minimisation program of installing
solar energy center with co-ordination of local office of nea visit
Mid Western region for selection and verification of probable land
area and report to Nepal government.Mid Western Development Region
is the largest development region in terms of area. Like the other
development regions it has Terai, Hill and Mountain region as the
ecological belt. This region consists of 3 zones namely Karnali,
Bheri and Rapti and 15 districts namely Humla, Mugu, Dolpa, Jumla,
Kalikot, Jajarkot, Rukum, Dailekh, Surkhet, Salyan, Rolpa, Pyuthan,
Dang, Banke, Bardia with 6 municipalities. The region lies within
the Latitude of 2737 (Dang) to 3010 (Humla) and Longitude of 8554
(Dang) to 8118 (Humla). The elevation above mean sea level of the
MWR varies from 7,337m of the Nalkankad peak of Humla to 129m in
Banke district. The MWR is vulnerable to several types of natural
disasters including droughts, floods (particularly in Banke,
Bardiya and Dang), landslides, hailstorms, extreme cold spells and
epidemics. There are also risks of earthquakes as the region lies
on a major tectonic fault line. It has 3022210 (13.0 % of total)
population and 42378 square kilometers area. The population of here
is more in Terai region than in hilly and mountain region. This
region is mainly drained by Karnali river system. The main rivers
of this region are Humla karnali, Mugu karnali, Thuli bheri, Rapti
and Babai. Forest has covered 28.2 % of total land of this region
where different species of plants and animals are found. Most part
of this region is rocky with steep hills and mountains. So,
infrastructure of development is low in this region. Nepalgunj,
Tulsipur and Tikapur are industrial corridors.We found that the
electricity crisis ,voltage fluctuation is giving lot of problems
to locals.
Main Objective:
1) To Identify suitable land/location for the Solar plant
installation of size greater than 25 MW for Loadshedding
minimization program
Methodology:
For the selection of probable land area , we prioritized as
below
a) land of NEA
b) land of Nepal government
c) land of Canal project such as Sikta and Babai irrigation
project
We limited our search to only unutilised barren land,with low
number of trees and low number of refuges.
Similarly , only those sites land area with buffer of 10-15 km
away from 132 kv transmission line were analysed.Only south
oriented slope land were analysed with good insolation.
Transmission line map of Nepal is shown in annex. Transmission Line
of 132 kv is accessible from Bardiya ,Surkhet,Banke ,Salyan,Dang
,Pyuthan and Rolpa.Limitations:
Our study depends on the information from officers of
NEA,Locals/residents,driver of NEA,CDO,Forestry officer and Napi
officer. Data may not be accurate accordingly .
Result:
Task 1:
For the study to be carried out we visited banke,Nepalgunj.
Since our first priority was to identify the probable land area at
NEA premises. We visited the regional office of NEA , nepalgunj for
the information. We were informed that NEA doesnt hold any big
areas of land greater than 2 bigha of its own premises near 132 KV
sub station.Jhupra power house located at surkhet has 7 bigha but
its far from the 132 kv substation. Further, we visited Lamahi sub
station,Kohalpur Sub Station,Nepalgunj sub station,Gulariya Sub
station and Dhampur S/S being constructed. We couldnt find any
probable area at NEA premises. Most substation was near forestry
with no probable land extension. Sub station and Distribution
center System at mid western are shown below with voltage
level.
NameVoltage levelRemarks
Gulariya S/S132 KVNo area
Pahalwanpur S/S132 kvUnder construction /No probability
Kohalpur S/S132 KVNo area
Kusum S/S132 KVUnder construction/No area
Lamahi S/S132 KVNo area
Hapure S/S132 kvUnder construction/No area
Ghorahi S/S132 kvUnder construction
Nepalgunj regional Office33 kvNo area
Nepalgunj DCs33 kv1-2 bigha
Gulariya DCS33 kv
Ghorahi DCS33 kv
Tulsipur DCS33 kv
Surkeht DCS33 kv
Salyan DCS11 kv
Pyuthan DCS33 kv
Dailekh DCS11 kv
Rolpa DCS33 kv
Dhampur S/S33 kvUnder const
Heldung DCSIsolated
Ghumghad DCSIsolated
Kalikot DCSIsolated
Task 2After completion of first task, we went in search for big
areas of Nepal government where probably we can install solar power
plant above 25 MW. With discussions with NEA regional office
director, CDO banke nepalgunj, Forestry officer, Napi officer
possible area may be those 100 bighas of land captured by
refuges(sukumbasi ) at kohalpur, large land (approx 200
biga)captured by APF training center. We searched for the degraded
forest zones too but couldnt find any significant large area.On the
way to Dang, we found 5-7 bigha of yellani land as told by locals
at ameliya dang near temporary police office. Another identified
area we found is at binauna VDC,alinagar. From available map its
area was 9 bigha 8 katha 13 dhur. But since Rapti river has changed
the path , it has further extendend land above 20 bigha. Till date
land is barren with small area of forest.After no possible land ,
we visited sikta irrigation project and found that its planned
length is 48 km and till date it has constructed 34 km. Top width
of canal is 23 m and is east west oriented. It has right of way of
60 m. Total area if only canal top width is used it will be more
than 100 bigha. Since land disputes have been solved,detail
feasibility can be studied further.Babai irrigation project with 35
km planned can also be used with no land issues
Conclusion and recommendationPeople we metMR Om Prakash Rathi
,director of regional head office
MR Ram bahadur buddhathoki, administrative officer
MR Tanka Prasad giri , Electrical Engineer
Mr Ganga Prasad upadhaya, Supervisor
CDO, jeevan Prasad oli District Forest officer, Jaya Mangal
prasad Napi Adhikrit, Amir Prasad nyaupaneSikta director, Saroj
Pandit
Sikta engineer, Prem raj ghimire
Nikunja adhikrit, Barna bahadur thapa
Visit to sukumbasi basti capturing land photo near kohalpur s/s
in
Visit to nearby sitta nahar irrigation project width 23 m length
? photo
Visit to aggaiya (intake of sitta nahar)
Visit to kusma s/s being constructed( capturing nikunja ban) no
possible area
Visit to khaskusma VDC (no presence of secretary) in talk
provided suggestion to visit another side of rapti river Visit to
lamahi s/s ( no possible area made in samudaiyak ban)
We saw 5-7 bigha of yellani in ameliya dang
visited to Dhampur S/s (under construction) with no probable
area
on the way found some >20 bigha yelani jagga at alinagar as
said by local
near to alinagar ,vagara,binauna ga bi sa >50 bigha of yelani
jagga or sirsamai vawani about approx 15 km from Kohalpur S/S Map
of Mid western
Transmission map with 132 kv line of Mid western region.
Fig babai project