Much touted Chameliya Hydropower Project has achieved a major milestone with China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC), the civil contractor for the project, completing the treatment of the squeezed tunnel section of the project.

Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), the owner of the 30 MW project located in Darchula district in the Far West said the breakthrough in the treatment of the 232 meters of the squeezed section was achieved on Friday night.

The Chinese civil contractor of the project which had resumed civil work in October 2016 after more than two years of hiatus is carrying out the job in war footing and has vowed to complete the task well before the deadline, according to the state-owned power utility.