Gandak Hydro Power Station is a hydro-electric plant located in Pratappur,

Nawalparasi district Nawalparasi District ( ne, नवलपरासी जिल्ला, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal before being divided into Nawalparasi (West of Ba ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The flow from

Narayani River Narayani may refer to: * Narayani (deity), another name for Lakshmi * Narayani, an epithet of Yogamaya * Narayani River, or Gandaki River, in Nepal * Narayani Temple, in Narayani village, near Khalikote, Odisha, India * Narayani Zone, a former admi ...

is used to generate 15 MW electricity and annual energy is 106.38 GWh. The plant is a part of irrigation facility in the Gandak River constructed as a part of India-Nepal

Gandak River Agreement The Gandaki River, also known as the Narayani and the Gandak, is one of the major rivers in Nepal and a left bank tributary of the Ganges in India. Its total catchment area amounts to , most of it in Nepal. In the Nepal Himalayas, it is notabl ...

. A barrage in the Narayani river diverts the flow to India and Nepal for irrigation viz. the eastern canal (24.1 m³/s) and western canal (8.5 m³/s). This power station is located on the western canal approximately 18 km downstream of barrage at Surajpura, Nepal.

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Hydroelectric power stations in Nepal Buildings and structures in Parasi District {{Hydroelectric-power-plant-stub

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