Menchhiyam Hydropower: From Rs. 100 to Rs. -21.92, can this company survive?
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Menchhiyam Hydropower offered its to the public on Chaitra, 2079. However, this is not a standard story of a company raising funds to build a project. Instead, the documents reveal a dramatic corporate saga of construction, catastrophic disaster, a difficult recovery, and a company now fighting for its financial survival.
This in-depth analysis, based on a chronological review of the company's prospectus, audit reports, and latest financial data, covers every critical fact and major issue that potential investor must understand as its lock in period is expiring on 12th Baishakh, 2083. What makes this case particularly important is not just the events themselves, but how each phase compounds risk, turning what began as a high-cost project into a multi-layered financial stress situation.
Initially, Menchhiyam Hydropower presented the IPO for its 4.72 MW Mathillo Piluwa Khola-2 project in Sankhuwasabha with over 33 years of license period remaining. During the issue the company also included Piluwa Khola-1 (7.7 MW) hydroelectric project as it’s project under construction which had Rs. 1.32 crores of financial progress later also affected by the flood.
