About Lower Arun Hydropower Project:
- It is a 679 MW run-of-river project planned on the Arun River (a tributary of the Koshi River) in the Sankhuwasabha and Bhojpur districts of Eastern 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 (a Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, Government of India).
- 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 Hydropower Project:
- It is a 900 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project being developed on the Arun River in Sankhuwasabha District in Nepal.
