Lower Modi Hydropower Project
The Modi Khola is perennial snow fed River and one of the major tributaries of Kali Gandaki River. It drains a catchment area of 510 km2 at the intake site of existing 14 MW, Modi Hydropower Project. Pati Khola which drains 42 km2 catchment area, also get mixed with Modi at about 120 m upstream of proposed weir location of LMHEP. Flow is estimated from Jhapre Bagar Reference Gauging station 406.5. Based on the hydrological analysis, the estimated average mean monthly flow for the project is 28.8 m³/s .Combined (Modi and Pati Khola) long term annual average flow and 100 years floods at intake and powerhouse are found to be 54.6 m³/s, 1516 m³/s and 1688 m³/s respectively.
Salient Features:
Project Type: RoR
Installed Capacity:20 MW
Gross Head:87.79 m
Net Head:83.89 m