Chinese company helps Nepal's hydropower project achieve major progress in construction

STORY: Chinese company helps Nepal's hydropower project achieve major progress in construction DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:32 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the tailrace tunnel of the Tanahu hydropower project 2 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG JIWEN, Deputy project manager 3 various of the construction site STORYLINE: The concrete lining construction for the tailrace tunnel of the Tanahu hydropower project in central Nepal was completed on Wednesday, laying a solid foundation for subsequent construction. The tailrace tunnel runs 210 meters, with an 8.44 percent design slope. The Tanahu hydropower project, located on the Seti River, will use a high-altitude dam to generate electricity with a total capacity of 146.4 megawatts. Section 2 of the project for water diversion and power generation systems and permanent engineering equipment was contracted by PowerChina Sinohydro Bureau 11 Co., Ltd. in October 2018. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG JIWEN, Deputy project manager "A

NEPAL-TANAHU HYDROPOWER PROJECT-TAILRACE TUNNEL

NEPAL-TANAHU HYDROPOWER PROJECT-TAILRACE TUNNEL

(230118) -- KATHMANDU, Jan. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People work at the construction site of the Tanahu hydropower project in central Nepal, Dec. 30, 2022. The concrete lining construction for the tailrace tunnel of the Tanahu hydropower project in central Nepal was completed on Jan. 18, 2023, laying a solid foundation for subsequent construction. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)