Kathmandu, March 19 -- The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), together with representatives from the Government of Germany, on Wednesday marked the groundbreaking of the Lekhnath-Damauli 220 kV transmission line project at the Damauli substation in Tanahun district.

The ceremony was attended by Hitendra Dev Shakya, managing director of NEA; the German Ambassador to Nepal Udo Volz; and the Director of KfW Development Bank for Bangladesh, among other key stakeholders.

Co-financed by Germany through KfW Development Bank, the project includes the construction of a 45-km-long 220 kV double-circuit transmission line and the development of modern gas-insulated substations in Lekhnath and Damauli.

With a transmission capacity of around 1,000 M...