COVER STORY

Maneri Bhali I (90 mw)

Dam height: 39 m
Tunnel: 16 km
Proponents: UJVNL
Current Status: Under
operation
Date of commission: 1984

Loharinag Pala (520 mw)

Tunnel: 14.41 km
Proponents: NTPC
Current Status: Under
construction
Villages affected: 12
Land Acquisition: 164 ha

Tapovan Vishnugad (520 mw)

Bhaironghati II (65 mw)

Dam height: 22 m
Tunnel: 12.16 km
Proponents: NTPC
Current status: Under construction
Villages affected: 12
Land Acquisition: 240 ha

Proponents: UJVNL
Current Status: Proposed
project (stalled)

Pala Maneri (480 mw)

Dam height: 78 m
Tunnel: 14.02 km
Proponents: UJVNL
Current Status: Proposed
project (stalled)
Villages affected: 7
Land Acquisition: 82 ha

Lata Tapovan (310 mw)

Harsil (210 mw)

Bhaironghati I (380 mw)

Tunnel: 5.06 km
Proponents: UJVNL
Current Status: Proposed
project

Proponents: UJVNL
Current Status: Proposed
project (stalled)

Tunnel: 7.83 km
Proponents: NTPC
Current status: Under construction
Villages affected: 4
Land Acquisition: 76.77 ha

Hydroelectric projects
in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi river basins
GLACIER

Alaknanda basin projects

Bhagirathi basin projects

Gangotri
Yamunotri

Ghastoli

GLACIER

GLACIER

Uttarkashi
Kedarnath

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Chham

Badrinath

Joshimath

Okhimath

Pipalkoti
Tehri

Chamoli

GLACIER
NFOGRAPHIIC: DTE GRAPHICS TEAM

Rudraprayag
Karnaprayag

Srinagar

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Puri

Devaprayag

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Rishikesh

Maneri Bhali II (304 mw)

Tunnel: 16 km
Proponents: UJVNL
Current Status: Under
operation
Date of commission: 2008

Koteshwar (400 mw)

Dam height: 97.5 m
Proponents: THDC
Current Status: Under
construction

Kotli Bhel II (530 mw)

Dam height: 82 m
Tunnel: 0.78 km
Reservoir: 29 km
Proponents: NHPC
Current Status: Proposed
project
Villages affected: 17
Land Acquisition: 606.14 ha

Tehri (2,400 mw)

Dam height: 260.5 m
Proponents: THDC
Reservoir: 45 km
Current status: Under
operation
1st stage commissioned:
2006
Villages affected: 109
Land Acquisition: 5200 ha

Srinagar (330 mw)

Tunnel: 4.08 km
Reservoir: 20 km
Proponents: GVK**
Current Status: Under
construction
Villages affected: 24
Land Acquisition: 475 ha

Kotli Bhel IA (195 mw)

Utyasu dam (860 mw)

Dam height: 82.5 m

Tunnel: 0.31 km
Reservoir: 18.4 km
Proponents: NHPC
Current status: Proposed
project
Villages affected: 11
Land Acquisition: 278.33 ha

Current Status: Proposed

project

Kotli Bhel IB (320 mw)

Dam height: 90 m
Tunnel: 0.73 km
Reservoir: 27.5 km
Proponents: NHPC
Current Status: Proposed project
Villages affected: 27
Land Acquisition: 500.62 ha

Vishnuprayag (400 mw)

Dam height: 14 m
Tunnel: 11.323 km
Proponents: Jaypee Group**
Current status: Existing
project
Date of commission: 2006

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Tharali

Tamak Lata (280 mw)

Alaknanda,
Badrinath (300 mw)

Nandprayag Langasu
(141 mw)

Dam height: 18 m
Tunnel: 4.65 km
Proponent: GMR**
Current status: Proposed
project
Villages affected: 5
Land Acquisition: 83.9 Ha.

Current Status: Proposed

project

Tunnel: 5.7 km
Proponents: UJVNL
Current status: proposed
project

Karnaprayag (160 mw)

Devsari dam (252 mw)

Current Status: Proposed

project

Proponents: SJVNL
Current status: proposed
project

Vishnugad Pipalkoti
(444 mw)

Bowla Nandprayag (132 mw)

Tunnel: 16.47 km
Proponents: NTPC
Current status: Under
construction
Villages affected: 14
Land Acquisition: 120 ha

Tunnel: 9 km
Proponents: UJVNL
Current Status: Proposed project
UJVNL-Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd
NTPC-National Thermal Power Corporation
THDC-Tehri Hydro Development Corporation
NHPC-National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
** -Private companies
Source:www.sandrp.in

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