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Rural Electrification ,Distribution and Transmission Project
Nepal
| Borrower | Nepal |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Energy |
| Approved | 01.12.1999 |
| Signed | 09.02.2001 |
| Status | Completed |
| Loan Administrator | ADB |
| Executing Agency | Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) |
| Co-financiers | NEA, Government, ADB |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 10.00 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 73.86 |
This project aims at providing electrical power to rural communities in the Eastern, Central, Western and Kathmandu Valley regions and will entail:
- instllation of approximately 2,300 km of new power lines;
- upgrading of existing electricity systems;
- connection of around 240 new Village Development Councils to the electrical grid.