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Electricity Transmission Expansion and Supply Improvement Project

The project will improve the reliability of energy supply in Nepal and strengthen the transmission infrastructure needed to promote Nepal's capacity for cross-border energy trade. It will provide support in three critical areas in the electricity supply industry, which has experienced severe underinvestment: (i) electricity transmission capacity expansion, (ii) strengthening of distribution systems including those along the Tamakoshi (Khimti)-Kathmandu transmission line, and (iii) rehabilitation of selected small hydropower plants.

Source-reported status: completed. Timeline labels use reported dates and do not verify current activity.

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USD 56.0M budget·USD 43.8M disbursed·Asian Development Bank reporting organization·Kathmandu, Bagmati location·Mar 23, 2012 → Nov 19, 2024 timeline

Reported by Asian Development Bank

Overview

About this project

The project will improve the reliability of energy supply in Nepal and strengthen the transmission infrastructure needed to promote Nepal's capacity for cross-border energy trade. It will provide support in three critical areas in the electricity supply industry, which has experienced severe underinvestment: (i) electricity transmission capacity expansion, (ii) strengthening of distribution systems including those along the Tamakoshi (Khimti)-Kathmandu transmission line, and (iii) rehabilitation of selected small hydropower plants.

Field coverage

100% complete

1 source feed · 4 evidence versions

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Reported disbursement / budget

78.2%

USD 43.8M reported disbursed against USD 56.0M reported budget. This financial ratio does not measure implementation or outcomes.

Provenance

Original project evidence

1 distinct source feed across 4 recorded evidence versions. These are not independent confirmations. Links below show the latest available version for each source page, up to 50 pages.

  • iati ↗

    https://d-portal.org/ctrack.html?aid=XM-DAC-46004-41155-013-LN2808

    Retrieved Oct 27, 2026 · Last checked Oct 27, 2026

  • iati ↗

    https://d-portal.org/ctrack.html?aid=XM-DAC-46004-41155-013-GRNT0270

    Retrieved Oct 27, 2026 · Last checked Oct 27, 2026

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