Construction of many hydropower projects started by Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has been affected by April 25 earthquake and due to fuel shortage following India's blockade, resulting in the failure to complete the projects on time.

Of the projects, Chameliya Hydropower, Upper Trisuli A, Kulekhani III and Rahughat have been hit hard by fuel shortage and the quake and that they may not be completed on time, authorities said.

NEA officials said that of them, the process to announce new bidding to resume the Rahughat hydropower project is underway after the previous contractor left midway without completing the project.

Likewise, Sher Singh Bhat, chief of production directorate of the authority, said that five-kilometers access road of the Upper Trisuli III A has been damaged by the quake and that it takes at least two years to complete it if halted works start immediately as per government's recent decision.

Meanwhile, speaking at the meeting of agriculture and hydropower committee under the Legislature-Parliament held today, officiating secretary at the Energy Ministry, Samir Ratna Shakya shared that the ministry already released a total or Rs 1.32 billion to reconstruct structures ravaged by the quake, but he said the failure for the board meeting of the authority to take place for long due to various reasons has made the matter worse.