Marsyangdi Corridor Manang-Khudi-Udipur 220 kV

The Marsyangdi upper 220 kV corridor is the upstream evacuation path from the Manang/upper Marsyangdi area south through Khudi and Besishahar toward Udipur. It matters because western and central hydropower build-out depends on moving generation out of the Marsyangdi basin without overloading older lower-voltage paths.

Summary

The Marsyangdi upper 220 kV corridor is the upstream evacuation path from the Manang/upper Marsyangdi area south through Khudi and Besishahar toward Udipur. It is a western and central hydropower build-out enabler, designed to move generation out of the Marsyangdi basin without overloading older lower-voltage paths. The page tracks it as a traced transmission corridor using the upper Marsyangdi RAP and NEA source set.

Key Facts

Map Interpretation

The map trace is document-grounded: it follows the recovered upper Marsyangdi RAP location, project-area, and access-map context, anchored to Dharapani, Khudi, Besishahar, and Udipur.

This is not an official GIS alignment. It is better than a conceptual substation spine, but it should still be read as a basin-corridor trace rather than a precise tower alignment.

Confidence

Public decision: default-visible, caveated.

The feature has no endpoint gaps in the connected network. The caveat is precision: the current trace is manual/document-grounded and about 12% short against the working 46 km route basis.

Limitations & Controversies

The next improvement is source triangulation rather than topology repair. The branch endpoints and route length should be checked against the upper Marsyangdi RAP and the EIB/NEA companion material before promoting this to a higher-confidence route.

See also

• Udipur-Damauli-Bharatpur 220 kV Reinforcement
• Marsyangdi
• MCA Central 400 kV Corridor (Lapsiphedi–Ratmate–Hetauda–Damauli–Butwal)
• Layer: Major Transmission Network