Kathmandu, May 2 -- A Chinese company has allegedly submitted fake documents in order to bag the Jagadulla Hydroelectric Project located in western Nepal, and the case has now landed at the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority and the Public Procurement Office for further investigation.

The 106-megawatt peaking run-of-the-river hydroelectricity project is located in Dolpa district.

The project has been dragged into a fresh round of controversy after three bidders, who were in the race to develop the project, accused the authorities of qualifying a Chinese company with zero experience in hydropower construction as "substantially responsive" during the technical bid evaluation for the EPC contract".

The project will fol...