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Pharping Hydro-Power Station
Introduction
Pharping hydropower station is the first power station of
Nepaland second hydropower station of Asia.
It is the oldest power project of Nepal. It was established in
1968 B.S by then Prime Minister Chandra
Shamsher Rana.
It is located in the Kathmandu district about 20km away from
theheart of Kathmandu.
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
1. Reservoir Weir
The water has been tapped from the Satmule by laying 44 f
steelpipelines and from Sesh Narayan by laying somewhere 10f
and
somewhere 9f steel pipelines to the reservoir.
The reservoir is 200 diameter and 18 deeps reservoir with
acapacity of 528,783cu.ft.
This reservoir has been made with the help of bricks and
cement.
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2. Penstock pine
Penstock pipe from the reservoir, riveted steel pipes of
20diameter as penstock pipe up to the power house.
This penstock pipe is 2538 long and inclined 678 was made. In
the middle portion of pipe, there is a valve for the
maintenance
and to clear the obstruction.
Water from reservoir to the power house through penstock pipe
inorder to run the pelton wheel turbines.
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4. Transmission Lines
An over head transmission line of 6 miles was constructed. This
line was brought to distribution substation at Tundhikhel from
power station using some where steel poles and some where
wooden poles.
There are two major crossings of 600ft and 900ft on Bagmati
Riverin the transmission line.
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5. Distribution Sub-Station
Initial voltage is made to reduce to 2300v by using
switchtransformer.
And other more required equipment was used for
reliabledistribution.
It was distributed to palace and streets around the city.
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Technical, Socio-culture, Economic and Political condition
of
Pharping hydro-power station.
1.Socio-culture Impacts: Communities around this Pharping
hydropower station are not of
same caste, culture and religious.
Brahman, Chhetri thinks that they are the senior one and they
areonly the responsible for care taking the station although
Newari
population is more.
Different cultures are celebrated in the community on the base
ofcaste, so no involvement of unity for development work in the
concept of religious view.
Hence, we can say that society culture may affect the
developmentwork unless and until they get awareness about the
cultural and
religious importance.
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2.Economic Impacts: Maximum people living around this power
station depend on
agriculture.
So community income source is in agriculture. Some people are
land lord and some are land less and people who
have no land obviously are poor then they cannot show as well
as
participant in attitude that of land lord people, hence their
voice is
in behind.
Due to unequal economic source people living in this
community,they have conflict.
This is also one of the main reasons; that they dont have unity
inthe development work.
Else if this hydropower station produces electricity, people
livingin this region get easily job so, that reduces the way of
youth
jobless situation.
Production of electricity creates environment of factory, mills
andindustries within the community resulting the no economic
crisis
and works are easily solved; less manpower and less time.
Hence community lifestyle will be high as they have their
ownschools, hospitals and communication centers within the
community.
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3.Political Impacts: According to the people of that region,
those are elected as leader
will give no care in future after the election.
Elected leader didnt visit that region after the completion
ofelection, forgot the patriotism.
We realize that leader should be of that region himself or
herselfwho knows the problem about communities as well as
required
essential materials for that region for further promotion
itself. We have seen, if the elected political leader had done the
hard
decision about this hydro power station, this power station may
not
close at this instant.
