Syanda Micro-hydro Project
Syanda cluster of Syanda VDC is situated in 6 hours distance on walk from Simikot; the district headquarters of the district of Humla. It takes 10 days to arrive Humla from nearest road head and only sporadic flight of Royal Nepal Air Lines Corporation is the mean of transportation. Syanda cluster covers four wards (4,5,6 and 7 wards) of the 9 wards of Syanda VDC. 150 households belonging to the indigenous community (Byanshi, Chhetri) have been inhabited in the cluster.
Forest is the only source of their fuel which they use intensively to cook the food and keep the house warm. This has put the tremendous pressure in the forest resulting in rapid degradation.
The Charikhola (Stream) of Syanda is the river, which has potential of generating of 30 KW hydro- power, lies 3 Km away from the main hamlet. Thus generated electricity can be used in oil expelling and grinding mills, cottage industries, herb processing and saw- mills. Syanda micro hydro project will be constructed in first phase. It has been aimed that after successful completion of the project, other micro-hydro projects will be initiated to supply the electricity to the neighbouring VDCs of Khangalgau and Dandaphaya benefiting more than 800 families altogether.
Forest is the only source of their fuel which they use intensively to cook the food and keep the house warm. This has put the tremendous pressure in the forest resulting in rapid degradation.
The Charikhola (Stream) of Syanda is the river, which has potential of generating of 30 KW hydro- power, lies 3 Km away from the main hamlet. Thus generated electricity can be used in oil expelling and grinding mills, cottage industries, herb processing and saw- mills. Syanda micro hydro project will be constructed in first phase. It has been aimed that after successful completion of the project, other micro-hydro projects will be initiated to supply the electricity to the neighbouring VDCs of Khangalgau and Dandaphaya benefiting more than 800 families altogether.
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Project Snapshot
Grantee:
Jan Shakti Santha
Country:
Nepal
Area Of Work:
Climate Change Mitigation
Grant Amount:
US$ 50,000.00
Co-Financing Cash:
US$ 43,579.00
Co-Financing in-Kind:
US$ 2,000.00
Project Number:
NEP/02/01
Status:
Satisfactorily Completed
Project Characteristics and Results
Capacity - Building Component
Officials of Janashakti Sanstha, user?s committee, staff members and the community people as required will be provided essential training such as leadership development, project and CBO management, book keeping and documentation. They will visit few micro-hydro project sites in the country which have been successfully run by the community. They will also participate workshops, seminars and meetings related to the micro-hydro projects.
Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples
Syanda cluster of Syanda VDC is completely inhabited by Chhetri (locally known as Byanshi. They are very indigenous people in the region. That is why their participation in the construction period and sharing of benefit from project after completion is inevitable.
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Mr. Vivek Dhar Sharma
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00977-1-5550119
Fax:
00977-1-5530269
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