'Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Project' (सुनकोशी मरिन डाइभर्सन आयोजना) is one of the

National Pride Projects National Pride Projects are a set of infrastructure projects by the government of Nepal based on the proposal by the National Planning Commission. Projects # Sikta Irrigation Project # Babai Irrigation Project # Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Pr ...

being developed by

Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (Nepal) The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation ( ne, ऊर्जा, जलस्रोत तथा सिंचाइ मन्त्रालय) is a governmental body of Nepal that governs the development and implementation of ene ...

. The project got status of National Pride Projects in 20 January 2020. The project is an inter-basin transfer project to transfer water from

Sunkoshi River The Sunkoshi, also spelt Sunkosi, is a river of Nepal that is part of the Koshi or Saptkoshi River system in Nepal. Sunkoshi has two source streams, one that arises within Nepal in Choukati, and the other more significant stream that flows in ...

to the

Marin Khola Marin (French) or Marín (Spanish "sailor") may refer to: People * Marin (name), including a list of persons with the given name or surname * MaRin, in-game name of professional South Korean ''League of Legends'' player Jang Gyeong-hwan (born 199 ...

, a tributary of

Bagmati River , "Tiger Gate") , source1_location = Shivapuri, Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , mouth = Confluence with Kamala River , mouth_location = Jagmohra, Bihar, India , mouth_coo ...

. The flow will be discharged to the

Bagmati Irrigation System , "Tiger Gate") , source1_location = Shivapuri, Sundarijal, Kathmandu, Nepal , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , mouth = Confluence with Kamala River , mouth_location = Jagmohra, Bihar, India , mouth_coordi ...

to irrigate additional 122,000 ha of land in

Rautahat Rautahat is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau ...

, Dhanusha, Mahottari,

Sarlahi Sarlahi ( ne, सर्लाही ; Maithili: सर्लाही), a part of Madhesh Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. According to new laws, a combination of more than two or four villages makes a municipality, which ...

and Bara. The design flow of the project is 67 m3/s. The intake has a 12 m high diversion dam in Sunkoshi river. The flow is transferred via 13.3 km long tunnel. The project also has a power station to generate 38.62 MW of electricity. The powerhouse is located in

Kamalamai Kamalamai (former name: Sindhulimadi; ne, सिन्धुलीमाडी) is a municipality in Sindhuli District, in the Bagmati Province of central south Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread nation ...

municipality. The project cost is NPR 37.2 billion for irrigation and NPR 46.19 billion for hydro-electricity.

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