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Official name: Kulekhani Hydropower Dam (कुलेखानी जलबिध्युत बाँध) Example.jpg|Caption2 Country 	Nepal Location 	Makwanpur District, Narayani Zone Coordinates 	 27°36'21"N  85°9'18"E Purpose 	Power Status 	Operational Construction began 	1977 A.D. Opening date 	14th May, 1982 Construction cost 	US$ 117.843 Owner(s) 	Nepal Electricity Authority

Kulekhani hydropower dam is the only reservoir type hydro power dam of Nepal. It was constructed as the five years’ project by the government of Nepal between 1977 and 1982 under the financial assistance of World Bank, The Kuwait Fund, OPEC Fund, the UNDP and the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) of Japan. The total project cost of the project was US$ 117.843 million and accordingly the project was transferred to NEA with a capital cost approximately NRs. 155 crores. The telemeter system installed for rainfall, water level measurement and indication cost around NRs. 13.74 crores. The cost of road, check dams and inclined tunnel are about NRs.23 crores. It’s has the installed capacity of 60 MW having two units each producing 30MW each. Initially it was designed as peaking power station but at present it has been serving as emergency stand by power station also due to the power crisis in the country. It creates the Indra Sarowar reservoir which has an area of 2.2 sq km. Kulekhani dam is an 114m high rockfill dam. It is named after Kulekhani village development committee in Makwanpur District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal. The water after losing certain head from kulekahni I hydropower project is used in kulekhani II hydropower project. Kulekhani III hydropower project is under construction which also uses the same water again after losing some head in Kulekhani II.

Type : Reservoir Rated net head : 550 meter Design discharge : 12.1 m3/s Headrace tunnel : 6233 m, 2.3 m diameter Penstock pipe : 1324 m long, 2.1 – 1.5m diameter steel pipe Installed capacity : 60 MW Turbine type and numbers : Pelton, 2 sets Rated speed : 600 rpm Type of generator : Vertical shaft, Synchronous Capacity : 35 MVA Rated voltage : 11 KV Power transformer : 11/66KV, 3 phase, 35 MVA, 2 Nos Average annual generation : 211 GWh (Primary energy 165 GWH and secondary energy 46 GWH) Catchments area : 126 sq. km.

Kulekhani dam

The Kulekhani dam is a rock fill dam with the impervious core slightly inclined upstream. It has maximum height of 114m. Its crest length is 397m and the width is 10m. The upstream slope is 1:2.35 steepened upto 1:2. The slope is steepened near the top of the dam to allow the sufficient camber for the post construction settlement. The downstream slope is 1:1.8. The crest level is at 1534m with the free board of 4m during the highest regulation level. The axis of the dam is skewed about 45 degree to the river channel. The rock formation at the Kulekhani dam site consists of the interbedded schist, phyllite and quartzite, striking generally in a direction sub-parallel to the dam axis dipping upstream at an angle of 30 to 40 degrees. The left abutment is quite steep with the slope of 1:2/3 and the right abutment with the slope of 1:2.