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PROJECT INFORMATION INTRODUCTION Sanjen Jalavidhyut Company Limited (SJCL), a subsidiary of Chilime Hydropower Company Limited (CHPCL), was established as a public limited company in 2010 AD with the objective of development of hydropower in Nepal. Now SJCL has planned to implement two hydroelectric projects in cascade (Fig. 2 Layout Plan), which are located in Rasuwa District of Central Development Region. Upper scheme of the cascade is Sanjen (Upper) Hydroelectric Project (SUHEP) optimized at 14.8 MW installed capacity utilizing 11.07 m3/s design flow (Q40) diverted from Sanjen River at Tiloche via 1.4 km long headrace tunnel and 460m long penstock at a gross head of 161.3m. Lower scheme of the cascade is Sanjen Hydroelectric Project (SHEP) optimized at 42.5 MW installed capacity utilizing 11.07 m3/s tail water from SUHEP and 0.50 m3/s flow diverted from Chhupchhung Khola at Tetanchet via 3.63 km long headrace tunnel and 1010m long penstock at a gross head of 442.0m. The Sanjen (Upper) and Sanjen Hydroelectric Projects are located in Chilime VDC of Rasuwa District, Bagmati Zone. Tiloche headworks site situated at 2345 amsl is about 161 km road head distance towards north-east of Kathmandu as shown in Fig.1 Location Map. Powerhouse of SUHEP and the headworks of SHEP are located in Simbu Village and the Powerhouse of SHEP is located in Chilime village, just upstream of Headworks of existing Chilime Hydropower Plant (22.1 MW). The projects are accessible via Kathmandu-Trisuli road (72 km), Trisuli-Somdang Highway (Pasang Lhamu Highway 72 km) and 6 km long access road up to existing headworks of Chilime Hydropower Plant i.e. Powerhouse site of SHEP. All working sites of both projects will be accessible after the construction of additional 11 km main access road from existing road up to the headworks site of SUHEP at Tiloche and 8 km long access road to Surge Tank of SHEP. The projects are basically peaking run-of-river type scheme with average daily peaking facility for 1.2 hours (Fig. 2 Layout Plan). The gross annual energy generation of SUHEP is 85.87 GWh and that of SHEP is 251.94 GWh. Generated power from the Sanjen (Upper) Hydroelectric Project will be evacuated through 5 km long 132 kV transmission line and the generated power from the Sanjen Hydroelectric Project will be evacuated through 1.2 km long 132 kV transmission line to the proposed Chilime Hub at Chilime VDC. Higher Himalaya and the Lesser Himalaya, Central Nepal separated by the Main Central Thrust (MCT) near China border. Winter temperature often falls below 0oC. Maximum temperature reaches up to 32 oC. Afternoons are normally windy in comparison to mornings. HYDROLOGY The source river is known as Sanjen Khola, a snow fed river, in the upper catchment, which is then known as Chilime Khola in the lower catchment after having been joined by other tributaries. The Sanjen Khola originates in the upper catchment behind Ganesh Himal Range as high as El. 7422 m. The catchment area of Sanjen Khola behind Ganesh Himal totally lies in Tibet (China) and is about 74 km2.
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The catchment area at the SUHEP weir site at Tiloche is about 180 km2 out of which only 4 km2 lies below El. 3000 m. The catchment area at the SUHEP powerhouse site, Simbu, is about 190 km2. Annual precipitation is 1143 mm and monsoon (June September) precipitation is 958.7 mm. The long term mean monthly flows in the project area at SUHEP weir site reveals a maximum of 42.49 m3/s in August and minimum 2.33 m3/s in February. 100 years design flood is 194 m3/s. The design flow is 11.07 m3/s. The tail water of the upper scheme of cascade development named Sanjen (Upper) Hydroelectric Project SUHEP feeds in to the intake arrangement of lower scheme of cascade development, the SHEP. In addition, SHEP utilizes 0.5 m3/s flow from Chhupchhung Khola. The catchment area of Chhupchhung Khola at SHEP weir site is 24 km2. Annual precipitation is 1200 mm and monsoon (June September) precipitation is 1000 mm. The long term mean monthly flows at Chhupchhung weir site reveals a maximum of 6.26 m3/s in August and minimum 0.29 m3/s in April. 100 years design flood is 71 m3/s. GEOLOGY The project area is situated in the Higher Himalaya and the Lesser Himalaya, Central Nepal separated by the Main Central Thrust (MCT). Sanjen (Upper) Hydroelectric Project (SUHEP): Generally foliation is parallel to sedimentary lamination and bedding. General trend of bedding/foliation is 65o to 120o dipping 30o to 68o due northwest to northeast. Diversion weir lies on the stable and relatively flat channel of the Sanjen Khola. It is characterized by about 3-4 m thick alluvial deposits consisting of predominately coarse gravel to boulder derived from gneiss, schist and quartzite in sand matrix with large boulders of augen gneiss. Desanding basin, peaking reservoir and forebay lie on a flat alluvial terrace consisting of a thick accumulation of alluvial deposit comprising of grey, sharp-textured, angular to subrounded, coarse-grained, well-graded sands, gravelly sands, little or no fines. Common rock types on the tunnel alignment are feldspathic schist, augen gneiss, quartzite, phyllite, slate and chlorite-garnet-schist. Overburden ranges from 65m to 228m. Generally, rock belongs to fair to good according to RMR and Q values. RMR ranges between 58 and 61 and Q ranges between 4.71 and 26.26. Surface mapping in the Surge Tank area reveals thin colluvial masses, i.e. less than 1 m thick on hill slope. Vertical overburden from the crown is 51 m. Attitude of joints is FP: 358o/50o, J1: 110o/81o and J2: 210o/52o. RQD, RMR and Q values are 56%, 60 and 4.71 respectively. Value of RMR and Q suggests fair rock. Penstock is partly underground and partly surface. Attitude of foliation is 100o/48o NE and that of joints is J1: 225o/70o and J2: 100o/80o. Powerhouse will be founded on the bed rock. In-situ deformation modulus obtained along the tunnel ranges between 4.546 and 35.482. Vertical and horizontal stress as well as horizontal to vertical stress ratio along the tunnel ranges 0.123 0.958 MPa, 0.233 3.231 MPa and 0.880 4.090 MPa respectively. Unconfined compressive strength of rock along the tunnel ranges between 27.68 MPa and 136.54 MPa.

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Sanjen Hydroelectric Project (SHEP): Chhupchhung weir lies in recent alluvial deposits consisting of predominately coarse gravel to boulder derived from gneiss, schist, quartzite and slate in sand matrix with large boulders of augen gneiss. Forebay/Intake of SHEP is in a gently sloping terrain consisting of about 25-30m thick deposits with angular gravel to boulder sized rock fragments of schist, quartzite and slate in loose soil sediments. Common rocks along the headrace tunnel alignment are Psammitic schist with quartzite, white quartzite, graphitic schist with crenulated phyllite and slate, psammitic schist with crenulated phyllite and quartzite, green-grey quartzite and dolomitic marble. Generally, rock belongs to fair to good according to RMR and Q values. RMR ranges between 47 and 77 and Q ranges between 1.43 and 14.59. Surface mapping reveals thin colluvial masses i.e. less than 1 m thick on downhill slope in surge tank area and rock cliff on its uphill section. Rock mass is grey, medium- to coarse-grained, unweathered to slightly weathered, thick-banded, medium strong psammitic schist with bands of white to grey, medium- to coarse-grained, medium- to thick-banded, very strong quartzite. Thickness of the quartzite band ranges from 5 to 10 m. Groundwater condition in the area is dry to damp. Rock mass along the penstock is of mixed lithology consisting of grey, medium- to coarsegrained, unweathered to slightly weathered, medium- to thick-banded, medium strong to strong psammitic schist with quartzite. Bands of white to grey, medium- to coarse-grained, medium- to thick-banded, very strong quartzite with sericite-phyllite or schist partings is also common. Thickness of the quartzite bands range from 5 to 20 m. The powerhouse site is proposed in a flat alluvial terrace. The switchyard is proposed in terrace deposits characterized by unconsolidated alluvium deposits. In-situ deformation modulus obtained along the tunnel ranges between 3.88 and 29.10. Vertical and horizontal stress as well as horizontal to vertical stress ratio along the tunnel ranges 0.105 0.755 MPa, 0.04512.17 MPa and 0.4316.12 respectively. Unconfined compressive strength of rock along the tunnel ranges between 3.95 MPa and 272.81 MPa. Damage index along the tunnel ranges between 0.001 and 0.367. CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE Prequalification of contractors for the construction of main civil works has been completed. List of prequalified contractors and the project/s can be found from the website www.chilime.com.np. Main civil works of both projects have been planned to start from July 2012. The target completion dates of SUHEP and SHEP have been scheduled on July 2015 and December 2015 respectively.

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SANJEN (UPPER) HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (14.8 MW)

S. N. Features 1 Location 2 Type of Project 3 Hydrology Catchment area (Weir axis) 90% dependable flow Design flow (Q40) Design flood (100 years) 4 Geology 5 Head Gross Net 6 Headworks Weir Type & Size Undersluice Size Intake Type, Nos. & Size 7 Desanding Basin Type Size 8 Peaking Reservoir Live Storage Dead Storage 9 Headrace Tunnel Length Size 10 Surge Tank Type Size 11 Penstock Type Size 12 Powerhouse Type Size 13 Tailrace 14 Turbine Type, Orientation & Number Unit Capacity 15 Generator Type & Number Unit Capacity 16 Installed Capacity 17 Annual Energy Generation Dry Energy Wet Energy 18 Transmission Line Length/Voltage 19 Main Access Road

Description Chilime VDC of Rasuwa District Peaking Run-Of-River 180 km2 2.45 m3/s 11.07 m3/s 194 m3/s Medium Grade Metamorphosed Schist and Quartzite 161.30 m 156.05 m Overflow, 14.00 m (L) x 3.30 m (H) Single Bay, 3.00 m x 3.00 m Side Intake, 3 Nos., 4.70 m (W) x 1.30 m (H) Surface, Dufour Type, Double Chamber 75 m (L) x 8.5 m (W) x 5.5 m (H) 39746 m3 4702 m3 1396.50m 3.50 m (W) x 3.75 m (H) (Excavation), D-shaped Simple Cylindrical 40 m (H) x 6 m () Mostly Expoesd, partly underground 460 m (L), 1.6 ~ 2.5 m () Surface 38 m (L) x 12 m (B) x 20.21 m (H) 5 m (L) x 2.5 m (B) x 5 m (H) Francis, Horizontal Axis, 3 Nos. 5.1 MW 3 Phase Synchronous AC, 3 Nos. 5.85 MVA 14.8 MW 85.87 GWh 11.02 GWh 74.85 GWh 5 km / 132 kV 11 km
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SANJEN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (42.5 MW)

S. N. Features 1 Location 2 Type of Project 3 Hydrology Catchment area (Weir axis) Design flow (Q40) Geology Head Gross Net Headworks Intake Basin (Forebay) Intake Type Headrace Tunnel Length Size Surge Tank Type Size Size of Orifice Penstock Shaft Type Size Powerhouse Type Size Tailrace Turbine Type, Orientation & Number Unit Capacity Generator Type & Number Unit Capacity Installed Capacity Annual Energy Generation Dry Energy Wet Energy Transmission Line Length/Voltage Main Access Road

Description Chilime VDC of Rasuwa District Cascade Run-Of-River 180 km2 at SUHEP Intake plus 24 km2 at Chhupchhung Intake 11.57 m3/s Medium Grade Metamorphosed Schist and Quartzite 442.00 m 436.19 m 45.00 m (L) x 16.00 m (B) x 7.50 m (D) Off-take from Tail water of SUHEP 3629 m 3.50 m (W) x 3.75 m (H) (Excavation), D-shaped Simple Cylindrical 55 m (H) x 5.5 m () 1.24 m () Underground 1010 m (L), 1.8 ~ 2.5 m () Surface 50 m (L) x 12 m (B) x 30 m (H) 123.8 m (L) x 2.7 m (B) x 2.7 m (H) Pelton, Vertical Axis, 3 Nos. 14.75 MW 3 Phase Synchronous AC, 3 Nos. 16.84 MVA 42.5 MW 251.94 GWh 35.71 GWh 216.23 GWh 1.2 km / 132 kV 7 km

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LOCATION MAP

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LAYOUT PLAN

Fig.2 Cascade Layout Plan