About Lower Arun Hydroelectric Project:
- It is a 679MW hydropower project.
- It is a run-of-river project planned on Arun River (a tributary of the Koshi River), Nepal.
- The project will be built under the build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) model.
- The project is being developed by Investment Board Nepal and SJVN.
- This is the second project awarded to SJVN in Nepal, the first one being the 900 MW Arun 3 Hydro Electric Project in Sankhuwasabha District.
- The project will not have any reservoir or dam and will be a tailrace development of the Arun-3 hydro project, which will mean water re-enters the river for the Lower Arun project.
Key facts about Arun-3 hydro project:
- It is a 900MW run-of-the-river hydropower project being developed on the Arun River in Sankhuwasabha District in Nepal.
- It will include the construction of a 70m-tall and 466m-long concrete gravity dam on the Arun River.
- It will be the biggest hydroelectric facility in Nepal.
- SJVN Arun-III Power Development Company (SAPDC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of India’s SJVN, is developing the project on a build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) basis.
- SAPDC will operate the facility for a period of 25 years, excluding the construction period of five years, before transferring the ownership to the Nepal government.
