May 21
Power Disruption in Tanahun, Gorkha and Chitwan After Markichok Transformer Failure
Electricity supply has been disrupted following a technical problem in the 12 MVA 132/33 kV power transformer at the 220/132/33 kV substation located in Markichok, Aanbukhaireni Rural Municipality-2 of Tanahun. According to the Tanahun Distribution Center under the Nepal Electricity Authority, the outage occurred after a fault developed in the transformer’s earthing system, causing excessive…