By Our Correspondent
Sindhupalchowk, June 27: Floods in the Melamchi River last week had caused damage worth Rs. 1 billion to the head works of the Melamchi Water Supply Project (MWSP), according to the primary estimates.
Information Officer of the project Rajendra Prasad Pant said that all the structures other than the head works and tunnel are damaged in the floods caused by landslides at Bhremathang, upstream location in the river.
Ambathan audit is filled with sand while construction materials, camp and equipment are swept away in the floods.
According to Pant, it would take a long time to repair the diversion for the head works.
"A team of engineers is trying to reach the head works in Ambathan but it is unable to reach there yet. Therefore, we don't have the exact details of damages," he said.
The team had walked for eight hours from Chanaute Bazaar of Helambu Rural Municipality but couldn't reach Ambathan as the bridges and roads were damaged by the floods.
The Office of the Prime Minister had directed to construct an access road to the head works and install a bailey bridge over the Melamchi River.
Meanwhile, our Charikot Correspondent reported that floods in Peding River in Gaurishankar Rural Municipality of Dolakha district have caused the damage in millions of rupees.
The floods caused by the incessant rains on Wednesday evening damaged private property of the locals and hydropower projects.
Chairman of Ward No. 7 of the municipality Rinzi Sherpa said that the floods caused damaged at the 40-Megawatt (MW) Greenline Hydropower, sweeping away its micro-hydro facility, tractor and tipper.
Likewise, another 30 MW hydropower project on the same river downstream is submerged in the floods.
A businessman in Dobhan Pasang Sherpa has lost 14 goats, beds, clothes and other items in the floods.