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The Nepal Electricity Authority has scheduled a power supply interruption in the Dhobikhola area of Kathmandu today, Monday, October 12. NEA’s official maintenance schedule lists the Baneshwor Distribution Center and a shutdown window from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Nepal time. The notice is a planned maintenance entry rather than an announcement of nationwide load shedding. Its confirmed scope is the Dhobikhola area served by the listed distribution center, so customers elsewhere should not assume that the same five hour window applies to them.
NEA’s schedule provides the most current operational confirmation. The authority’s Distribution and Consumer Services Directorate also displays the Dhobikhola entry with the same date and time. Nepal News first reported the wider program on September 30, explaining that scheduled interruptions would occur in different Kathmandu locations between October 1 and October 12. Today’s Dhobikhola work is the final dated location in that published sequence. The source report says the interruptions support operation of the underground electricity distribution system and preparations for winter demand.
The broader project involves moving parts of Kathmandu’s distribution network below ground. Nepal News reported that the work covers 33 kilovolt, 11 kilovolt and 400 volt lines as well as optical fibre installation. OnlineKhabar separately described the same sequence of work under the Kuleshwor, Baneshwor, Jorpati and Kirtipur distribution centers. Undergrounding is intended to make the urban network safer, more reliable and less exposed to the clutter and physical vulnerability associated with overhead wires. Those are project aims, not a guarantee that every local fault or interruption will disappear.
The practical point for households and workplaces is the five hour scheduled window. People in the affected area may want to charge essential devices before 10:00 am, plan work that depends on mains power, and take normal precautions with lifts, routers, medical equipment and refrigeration. These are general planning suggestions rather than instructions from NEA. Anyone who relies on electrically powered medical equipment should use their established backup arrangements and contact the relevant service provider if they need location specific guidance. The official schedule remains the authoritative source for any operational change.
The September 30 source report also says the planned cuts can be deferred when weather conditions are unfavorable. That qualification matters because a schedule does not prove that crews will begin work under every condition. It also means that an apparent continuation of supply at 10:00 am should not be interpreted as cancellation without checking an official update. NEA’s maintenance page can change as work is revised, and the local distribution office is better placed than a general news report to confirm whether a particular street or connection falls inside the affected service area.
Today’s notice should also be distinguished from unplanned outages. A maintenance shutdown is arranged to let crews work on a known part of the network during a defined period. An unexpected fault can occur for different reasons and may not follow the published time window. If supply is interrupted outside the scheduled area or remains unavailable after the listed end time, customers should use NEA’s official complaint or local no light channels rather than assuming that the Dhobikhola maintenance notice explains every case. The published entry does not give a street by street boundary.
The verified update for Monday is therefore limited but useful: NEA lists the Dhobikhola area under the Baneshwor Distribution Center for maintenance from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm Nepal time. The work forms part of a phased underground distribution program previously reported for Kathmandu. The five hour period is a schedule, not a promise about the exact experience of every customer, and unfavorable weather may affect the plan. Residents and businesses should rely on the current NEA maintenance listing for changes and treat wider claims about rolling load shedding as separate issues requiring their own evidence.
Source publication date: 2026-09-30. Event or reporting period: 2026-10-12.
Sources:Nepal Electricity Authority maintenance schedule · Nepal News · OnlineKhabar English
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