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SJVN’s 900-mw Arun-3 hydroelectric project in Nepal to go on stream in 2025

SJVN expects its under-construction 900-mw Arun-3 hydroelectric project in Nepal to start power generation from next year as nearly three-fourths of the work has been completed, its Chairman and Managing Director Sushil Sharma has said.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal triggered the last blast to mark the completion of heading excavation of 11.8-km-long head race tunnel of 900-mw Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project in Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal, SJVN has said in a statement.
SJVN is constructing the multi-crore Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project in Nepal.
More than 74 per cent of the project work has already been completed, and the remaining work is going on in full swing. The project will start generation by next year and has the potential to generate 3,924 million units of electricity every year, Mr Sharma has added.

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