Communications: Green energy flowing from the Himalayas - visiting Chinese companies to undertake the construction of the 3A hydropower station in Shangcuishuli, Nepal

Xinhua

Kathmandu, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Communications: Green energy flowing from the Himalayas - visiting Chinese enterprises to undertake the construction of the 3a hydropower station in Shangcuishuli, Nepal

Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Chao Zhou Shengping

Wearing a hard hat and a reflective overalls vest, Roshan Laval, a 25-year-old Quality Inspection Engineer in Nepal, is on duty at the 3a hydroelectric dam in Shangcuishuli, Nepal. The hydropower station, built by China Energy Construction Gezhouba Group, has just been put into commercial trial operation just over two months.

"This is a preferential loan project between the chinese and Nepalese governments, and the output is clean energy." Wang Ziyang, the hydropower station's project manager, said in a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency on the dam that he has been here for 10 years.

The Shangcui Shuri 3a hydropower project is located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, about 100 kilometers from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The dam was built on the Delhi-Suri River and has an installed capacity of 60 megawatts. Construction began in June 2011, but the 2015 8.1 magnitude earthquake in Nepal brought nearly 90 percent of the project to a standstill.

"At that time, the roads into the site were all destroyed, and the construction personnel of China and Nepal were once trapped here, the personnel could not go out, and the materials could not come in," Wang Ziyang said. We took out all kinds of materials and equipment to help the disaster relief, and the victims also took the initiative to cross the mountains and mountains to transport daily necessities for us. ”

Wang Ziyang told reporters that after overcoming the difficulties after the strong earthquake, the project resumed work in November 2016. After full discussion among experts from all sides, different restoration plans were formulated, and innovative technical means were adopted, and the project was finally successfully completed in March 2019.

"I can proudly say that the construction quality of our power station is first-class and can stand the test." Quality inspection engineer Luo Shang told reporters.

"At present, Nepal's overall power gap is 750 megawatts, and the completion of the project has filled nearly 8% of the country's power gap," Wang Ziyang said, "And the more significant change is that the blackout time in Kathmandu has been greatly reduced, with an average of 12 to 16 hours of power outages per day in the past, and now this number has dropped sharply to 3 hours." ”

Rina Gurung, a section member of the project department, told reporters that the completion of the power station has provided a boost for the development of Nepal's light industry, and the development of the local rice mill and wheel mill industry has benefited from this, "China has been sincerely helping us."

"Nepal is one of the countries with the richest water resources in the world, but water resources development requires advanced technology and capital," former Nepalese Prime Minister Jala Nate Canal said in an interview with reporters a few days ago. ”

Recently coincided with Nepal's biggest festival, The Desai Festival. At the warm invitation of the local people, Rina accompanied her Chinese colleagues to the homes of villagers in the village of Smaier near the project to celebrate the festival together. Facing the rushing Delhi-Suri River, Rina dressed in national costumes, folded her hands, closed her eyes and prayed: "This is a rich resource gifted by nature to Nepal, and we must make good use of it." ”