The Nimoo Bazgo Power Project is a

run-of-the-river Run-of-river hydroelectricity (ROR) or run-of-the-river hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric generation plant whereby little or no water storage is provided. Run-of-the-river power plants may have no water storage at all or a limited amou ...

power project on the

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situated at Alchi village, from

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in the

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n Union Territory of

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. The project was conceived on 1 July 2001 and approved on 8 June 2005, and construction began on 23rd Sept, 2006. The project involved construction of a concrete dam with five spillway blocks of each having ogee profile. The dam is 247.9m in length. It was officially completed and open in August 2014. The Nimoo Bazgo power plant was stated to utilise a rated net head of to generate in a 90% dependable year. The project has three surface power units of each with a total installed capacity of . Every unit has a diameter, each penstocks. Each operating unit is stated to have been designed for a discharge of and also have transformer yard and switch yard. The project was connected to the northern grid through a 220 kV transmission line from Leh to

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. The dam diverts water from the Indus river by a long diversion channel and involves a flooding of only . Thus the power density is . The project was developed by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) has executed the Electro-Mechanical works.

History

The project was conceived on 1 July 2001 and approved on 8 June 2005, and construction began on 23rd Sept, 2006. The project required the removal and cutting of tens of thousands of tonnes of rock, diversion of the river flow, construction of the dam, powerhouse and reservoir. The project required development of the mountain road network, as well as delivery of construction vehicles by aircraft to Leh. The project was complicated by the difficult terrain and sub-zero mountain temperatures at some 3,500m above sea level. All the three units of the project have been successfully commissioned. The project was inaugurated on 12 August 2014 by the Prime Minister of India

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, in a ceremony attended by senior officials including Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir

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, National Security Adviser

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and others. The project, along with the

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, was certified as compliant with the

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by the Indian Central Water Commission, with the project information passed over to Pakistan.

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