Melamchi project is located in Kathmandu
and Sindhupalchowk District in the Central
Development Region of Nepal. The intake
site is located in the upper part of
the Melamchi River basin about one km
north west of Dorin Village and about
0.5 km south east of Ghwakang village
at an elevation of about 1425 m.a.s.l
near Riberma. The project areas stretches
from the intake at Melamchi river to
the outlet at Sundarijal, about 14 km
north-east of Kathmandu city.
Melamchi Dirversion
Scheme (MDS) covers three components:
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Intake in Melamchi
Khola, near the village of Gwakhan,
about 21 km upstream of Melamchi
Pul Bazar; |
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Two distilling basins where
suspended sediment down to a size
of 0.2 mm will be trapped and
disposed; and |
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Water transfer tunnel, about
26.5 km long. |
Access
to the Melamchi Valley
Access to the Melamchi Valley is
from the Arniko Highway near Lamidanda,
along the existing road to elamchi
Pul Bazar. This road is extended to
Timbu and referred to as the Melamchi
Valley Main Access Road. The Adit
access roads are as follows:
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From Timbu to the
intake adit; |
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From the Melamchi Valley Main
Access Road at Patichaur to the
Gyalthum adit; and |
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From the Panchkal-Melamchi
Pul Bazar road at Bahunepati to
the Sidhu adit. |
Kathmandu Valley access is along
an existing road from Jorpati to Sundarijal
and from Sundarijal to the tunnel
downstream portal, along a road with
an alignment similar to an existing
VDC road.
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