DHAULIGANGA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT

CURRENT CONTEXT : Recently, 19 workers and officials were rescued after being trapped for 22 hours inside the tunnel of the 280 MW Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project in Uttarakhand.

ABOUT DHAULIGANGA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT

• Capacity: 280 MW
• Location: Dharchula, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand
• River: Built on the Dhauliganga River, a tributary of the Alaknanda (Ganga basin).
• Construction started: 2000
• Commercial operation: 2005
• Owned by: National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)
• Type: Run-of-the-river project
• Dam Structure:
  • 56 m high, 315 m long, concrete-faced rock-fill dam
  • Reservoir capacity: 6.2 million cubic meters
  • Gross head: 310 m | Net head: 297 m