Andhi Khola
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- Working page
- Updated
- 2026-05-13
This page tracks the 180 MW Andhi Khola storage candidate from the JICA/MP2014 screening set, not the separate 9.4 MW operating plant on the same river. The shared river name had been collapsing two different project objects into one page; this version keeps them distinct.
Summary
Andhi Khola is tracked here as a 180 MW survey-stage storage candidate in the Gandaki basin. The page distinguishes that planning-stage storage concept from the separate 9.4 MW operating plant on the same river.
Specifications
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 180 MW |
| Status | Survey |
| Category | JICA promising storage |
| River | Andhi Khola (Gandaki Basin) |
| District | Syangja |
| Province | Gandaki Pradesh |
| Annual design energy | 648.7 GWh |
| Dry-season energy | 137.1 GWh |
| Dry-season share | 21.1 % |
| Type | Storage |
| Total storage | 336.5 MCM |
| Effective storage | 238.7 MCM |
Sources
Why It Matters
Andhi Khola matters because it is one of the smaller storage candidates that still looks systemically relevant in Nepal's dry-season problem. At 180 MW and 137.1 GWh of dry-season energy, it is not a mega-project like Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project or Dudhkoshi Storage Hydroelectric Project, but it is large enough to matter in a portfolio of medium storage assets.
It is also a useful discipline case for the wiki itself: river-name continuity does not mean project continuity. Nepal has many sites where an operating RoR plant, a survey licence, and a larger storage concept can all sit in the same corridor while representing different investment objects.
Status And Timing
The storage-candidate figures come from the JICA/NEA master-plan screening material and should be read as planning-stage values, not an active construction programme. The candidate remains a survey-stage storage concept in this wiki's project-specs dataset.
The separate 9.4 MW operating plant on the river may still appear in some mapped operating inventories. That operating asset is evidence that the river already hosts generation; it is not the same project as this 180 MW storage candidate.
Limitations & Controversies
The current map anchor for andhi-khola should be interpreted conservatively. It is a planning anchor for the storage candidate, not an engineering-grade location for a final dam/powerhouse layout.
Registry note
- JICA/NEA storage master plan volume 2 drives the storage metrics used here.
- Public registry and operating-map records may refer to a smaller operating Andhi Khola plant; those records should not be read as describing this 180 MW storage candidate.