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The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has intensified repair and restoration work to resume electricity supply disrupted by floods along the Budhigandaki River and its tributary, the Shyar Khola.

According to Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, electricity supply has been restored in all flood-affected areas except Dharche Rural Municipality.

Efforts are underway to restore electricity supply to Khorlabesi as soon as possible, as there is no road access beyond the area and the power lines have been completely damaged.

The Arughat Distribution Centre of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) said that restoration work in Dharche Rural Municipality also began on Tuesday morning.

Electricity supply has already resumed in the Arughat area.

According to the Ministry, the NEA began restoration work immediately after the floods disrupted the service.

Electricity supply was restored in wards 2, 3 and 4 of Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality within around 10 hours. Similarly, power supply has resumed in Arughat Bazaar and the Dandagau and Arupokhari branch areas of Arughat Rural Municipality.

The Ministry said work was underway to restore electricity supply to all flood-affected areas by the end of this week.

According to the Ministry, the floods damaged electricity distribution systems and hydropower projects at various locations in Gorkha and Dhading districts.

A flash flood on October 11 damaged four hydropower projects with a combined installed capacity of 412 MW.

The devastating flood, which carried mud and debris, caused extensive damage to riverside settlements and hydropower projects under construction.

The affected projects include the 341 MW Budhigandaki project being developed by Times Energy Pvt. Ltd., the 24.5 MW Dobhan Khola project, the 30.59 MW Yaru Khola project and the 16 MW Machha Khola project.

The floods damaged project camps, construction equipment and materials, Bailey bridges, access roads and bridges leading to project sites.

Similarly, more than 70 high-voltage poles were damaged at various locations in Dharche Rural Municipality, Gorkha, while distribution line poles were damaged in Soti, Arkhet and ArughaDt Bazaar.

Six low-voltage poles were also damaged in the Syauli Bazaar area of Tripurasundari Rural Municipality-2, Dhading.