Modi inaugurates Uri II Hydel Power Project in J&K

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the 240 MW Uri Stage-II Hydro Electric Project (HEP) located in the Uri area of Baramullah District in Northern Kashmir, around 18 km away from the LOC. Constructed by HCC for National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Uri-II is the second project on the river Jhelum, in Uri town, located downstream of 480 MW Uri-I, which is already in operation. The project will contribute 240 MW of electricity to the Northern Grid.
On the occasion, Ambuj Jain, Chief Operating Officer, HCC said, “Overcoming challenges has always been a speciality of our engineers. We triumphed over every obstacle posed by difficult geographical conditions, freezing temperatures and constant floods, with a single objective – to successfully execute this project of vital importance to the nation.”
HCC received the LOA for the Uri-II Project on September 21, 2005. Immediately after mobilisation, the project team faced a 7.4 Richter scale earthquake in the area that disturbed the execution schedule.
“During the course of work, the project team also faced several technical challenges due to unpredictable geology and inconsistency of the rock mass of this region and frequent flooding of River Jhelum, both seasonal and non-seasonal. Despite these challenging conditions, the project team successfully completed the 337 metres long diversion tunnel for facilitating the dam construction in early 2007. The dam structure involving 100,000 cubic metres of concrete was completed in March 2011 and the construction of the power house and switchyard, as well as key tunnelling works, was carried out thereafter,” HCC informs issuing a statement.

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