The construction of the Upper Marsyangdi-A Hydropower Project in Bhulbhule, Lamjung has picked up pace, which is expected to finish by 2016.The dam and tunnel digging works are expected to be completed within a couple of months. The dam has been built at the border between Bhulbhule 5 and 6, and water will be brought to the powerhouse at Bhulbhule 3 through a 5-km-long tunnel. The run-of-the-river project is being implemented by China’s Sino Hydro and its Nepali partner Sagarmatha Power Company. It has signed a power purchase agreement with the Nepal Electricity Authority for 6.95 cents per unit.Work on the 50 MW project started in January 2013, and since then 70 percent of the tunnel digging works, 75 percent of the powerhouse construction and 60 percent of the civil works have been completed.