The construction work of 456 MW Upper Tamakosi, Nepal’s largest project, is going on smoothly. The project is expected to generate power by July, 2016.  Upper Tamakosi is the first mega project which is constructed under Nepal’s own resources.

According to project Acting CEO Bigyan Shrestha, over 70 percent of the construction work has already completed and the construction of reaming work is in full swing.

 Funded by Nepal Electricity Authority, Employees Provident Fund, Nepal Telecom, Citizen Investment Fund, National Insurance Corporation, this is the first projects with its kind with complete Nepali investment.

Situated in 250 kilometer north-east of capital Kathmandu, the civil work construction of the project started in August 2010.