KULEKHANI RESERVOIR
19 February 2013
I think the gross negligence of NEA with
regard to taking precautionary measures to save the water storage capacity of
the Kulekhani reservoir from gradually decreasing in its size in recent years
contribute towards increasing load-shedding hours. Were not there any kind of
technical measures to prevent flowing of sand, mud, silt and boulders into the
reservoir? Does NEA expertise lack the technical knowledge for avoiding such unwanted
incidents?
During the initial years of its operation,
it used to hold around 850.3 million cubic meters of water generating around
210.1 million units of power. Now, the water storage capacity has dropped to
590.9 cubic meters generating only 140 million units of power which ultimately has
affected the overall power supply system. If the NEA does not take necessary
measures to save the reservoir from decreasing its water storage capacity in
time and does not pre-plan to avoid such power shortages, there seems that the
load shedding hours in the country will continue to increase in the coming days.
What you say?
