Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 04-07-2014 inaugurated the
240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro Electric Project (HEP) located near the Line
of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district of Kashmir. The Prime Minister
dedicated the power project to the nation in presence of Jammu and
Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and top
officials of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).
This is the second power project on the Jhelum river in Uri area and
is located downstream of 480-MW Uri-I HEP, which is already operational.
The Uri-II HEP has a concrete gravity dam which is 52-metre high and 157-metre long with four spillways of nine metres each.
The 4.23 km head race tunnel carries water from the dam to the
powerhouse, which has four units of 60 MW each designed to generate
1,124 million units of electricity in a year.
The work on the power project was completed in time despite a massive
earthquake striking the area on October 8, 2005 — two weeks after
Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) started work on it.
"Overcoming challenges has always been a speciality of our engineers.
We triumphed over every obstacle posed by difficult geographical
conditions and freezing temperatures," Chief Operating Officer of HCC
Ambuj Jain said.
