Climate change impact: Marsyangdi gets flood in dry season

KATHMANDU, Nepal– With the high in mercury and subsequent melting of glacier and snowfall, the Marshyangdi, a mountain river in Nepal has witnessed floods even in the summer season, what the experts regard it as an impact of global warming and climate change.

Due to excessive water level, Mid-Marshyangdi Hydropower Project said it would open project’s damp at anytime.

Issuing a notice, the project has already asked the locals not to go to the riverside as the flood gates can be opened any time.
The project has the capacity to generate 70 MW electricity.

Marshyangdi starts from a confluence of two mountain rivers — Khangsar Khola and Jharsang Khola, that is located northwest of the Annapurna range at an altitude of 3600 meters.