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Sanima Hydro and Engineering Pvt. Ltd signed a contract agreement with Dovan Hydropower Pvt. Ltd. for Construction Supervision of Junbesi Khola Hydropower Project – 5.2 MW on 14^th February 2023. It is a run-of-river hydropower project having installed capacity of 5.2 MW located at in Solukhumbu District., Province No. 1 of Nepal. Geographically, the Project area is located between longitudes of 86º32’40”E to 86º34’29”E and latitudes of 27º33’15”N to 27º35’08”N. The Project is a simple run-of-river type project with a design discharge of 2.99 m3/s (45% exceedance) and a gross head of 221.02 m. The Project comprises a diversion weir with under sluice, two side intake orifices, gravel trap, spillway, gravel flushing canal, settling basin, sediment flushing canal, headrace pipe, surge pipe, penstock pipe, surface powerhouse and tailrace culvert. The powerhouse is located in Najing village, along left bank of Junbesi Khola, which is about 1.0 km upstream from confluence of Junbesi Khola and Dudhkunda River and headworks is located in Junbesi village, about 20 m upstream from the confluence of Junbesi Khola and Menjum Khola.