| Client: | Department of Electricity Development |
| Funding Agency: | Government of Nepal |
| Period: | July 2019 to July 2022 |
| Consulting Association: | Joint Venture of GEOCE Consultants (P) Ltd, Technoquarry & NEDC in association with BEAM Consultants (P) Ltd. |
| Approx. Value of Services: | Total NRs 34,754,900, GEOCE’s part NRs 15,640,000 |
| Professional Staff Input: | 118 person months |
Salient Details
The consulting service is to conduct feasibility study, detailed engineering design and IEE study of the project (20.1 MW) and prepare study report covering technical, financial, socio-economic, institutional, environmental and any other relevant aspects of project development.
The scope of services is carried out in following components:
⦁ Feasibility study
⦁ Detailed Engineering Design
⦁ IEE study
Feasibility Study
⦁ Data review
⦁ Desk study and field reconnaissance survey, analyze available data and identify data gap of previous study
⦁ Carry out preliminary project layout and configuration based examine alternatives of project component
⦁ Conduct engineering survey (topographical surveys), hydro-metrological surveys and hydrological studies, geological surveys-geological mapping, geophysical investigation, seismic study, construction materials surveys and testing
⦁ Alignment survey of transmission line
⦁ Analysis of field surveys and investigation tests
⦁ Optimization study of project scheme
⦁ Preliminary design of project components
⦁ Conduct economic and financial analysis
⦁ Recommend best feasible alternative for detailed engineering design
Detailed Engineering Design
⦁ Detailed field investigation (hydrological and sediment studies, geotechnical investigations including core drilling, GLOF study, muck disposal survey, power evacuation surveys, transmission line surveys, access road and cross-drainage structure surveys for selected option for detailed engineering design
⦁ Detailed engineering design of civil structures, hydromechanical equipment, electro-mechanical equipment.
Main design features include:
⦁ Diversion Weir (45 m), Intake (side intake), Under sluice, Gravel Trap, Desilting basin, headrace canal (1050 m), headrace tunnel (D-shaped, 3 m dia, 5300 m length), surge tank, surface powe house and tail race canal
⦁ Transmission Line, 33 Kv, single circuit, length 8 km for grid connection to Budhi Ganga Small HEP
⦁ Substation (2 transformers 24200 KVA, 66/33 Kv, 2x 12500 kVA generators, switchyards)
⦁ Detailed drawing
⦁ Detailed cost estimates
⦁ Preparation of tender documents
⦁ Analysis of institutional arrangements for project implementation
⦁ Preparation of Detailed Project Reports
IEE Study (as per EPA, 1997 and EPR, 1998)
⦁ Delineate the project areas to be covered in the IEE study
⦁ Collect baseline environmental condition (physical, biological, socio-economic, and cultural) of the project area
⦁ Identify, examine, and assess project implementation activities of hydropower project, transmission line and substation, access and project road, camp site and office complex, quarry site etc
⦁ Identify and predict key physical, biological, socio-economic, and cultural positive and negative impacts and issues associated with project implementation.
⦁ Identify project affected persons, identify potential areas for resettlement requirements of the displaced families.
⦁ Propose mitigation measures to avoid or minimize potential adverse environmental impacts and suggest enhancement measures to enhance the beneficial impacts.
⦁ Prepare an environmental management plan to implement the proposed mitigation measures
⦁ Prepare environmental monitoring plans
⦁ Prepare IEE report
