KATHMANDU, March 20 -- The first unit of Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project is starting generation by April 30.

A meeting of project management, consultant and civil contractors held on Monday decided to start power generation from the first unit of the 60-megawatt project within the revised deadline. The unit will generate 30 MW of hydropower.

Kulman Ghising, managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), informed that the meeting decided to start power generation from the first unit from April 30 and second unit from June 30.

The project's initial deadline was May 2014.

"The project management and contractors have made commitment to start generation within the revised deadline. This became possible because of needful init...