Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Project

'Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Project' (सुनकोशी मरिन डाइभर्सन आयोजना) is one of the National Pride Projects being developed by Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Nepal).[1][2] The project got status of National Pride Projects in 20 January 2020.[3]

The project is an inter-basin transfer project to transfer water from Sunkoshi River to the Marin Khola, a tributary of Bagmati River. The flow will be discharged to the Bagmati Irrigation System to irrigate additional 122,000 ha of land in Rautahat, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi and Bara.[4]

The design flow of the project is 77 m3/s. The intake has a 12 m high diversion dam in Sunkoshi river. The flow is transferred via 13.3 km long tunnel.[5] The project also has a power station to generate 31 MW of electricity. The powerhouse is located in Kamalamai municipality.[4]

The project cost is NPR 37.2 billion for irrigation and NPR 46.19 billion for hydro-electricity.[6]

See also

References
  1. Republica. "Sunkoshi-Marin project gets national pride status". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  2. "Home". moewri.gov.np.
  3. "Work on Sunkoshi Marin Diversion to begin this year". The Himalayan Times. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  4. "Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project gathers steam". Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  5. Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "सुनकोशी–मरिन बहुउद्देश्यीय आयोजनाका लागि स्रोत सुनिश्चित". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  6. Khabar, Glocal (2020-01-24). "Government enrolled Sunkoshi-Marin project as a 'National Pride Project'". Glocal Khabar. Retrieved 2020-07-05.


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