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Gandak Hydropower Station

Nepal

Gandak Hydro Power Station is a hydro-electric plant located in Pratappur, Nawalparasi district of Nepal. The flow from Narayani River is used to generate 15 MW electricity and annual energy is 106.38 GWh. The plant is a part of irrigation facility in the Gandak River constructed as a part of India-Nepal Gandak River Agreement. A barrage in the Narayani river diverts the flow to India and Nepal for irrigation viz. the eastern canal (24.1 m3/s) and western canal (8.5 m3/s). This power station is located on the western canal approximately 18 km downstream of barrage at Surajpura, Nepal.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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