KATHMANDU, Aug 12: Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has informed about the electricity supply cut off at various industrial places for four days as it is upgrading the international transmission line.
Issuing a notice, the electricity supply from the transmission line along the Dhalkewar-Mujjafarpur 400 KV would be cut off from August 13 till August 16. NEA has suggested that the supply from this transmission line would increase up to 220 KV from 132 KV after the upgrading.
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The electricity supply for the industrial areas through Dhalkewar-Mujjafarpur transmission line would be cut off for two hours daily from 7 PM to 9 PM, the notice further describes.
According to Prabal Adhikari, Spokesperson, NEA, “after the establishment of a substation of capacity 220KV at Dhalkebar, we proceeded ahead for the upgrading of the transmission line.”
Adhikari further added that only a few days back the capacity of the substation having 132 KV was upgraded to 220 KV.