Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVNL) is building four hydropower plants with an assistance of Rs 194 crore from the Asian Development Bank. These would together produce 29 Mw.
The projects are 4 Mw Kaliganga, 6 Mw Kaliganga-II, 10 Mw Madmaheshwar and 9 Mw Kaligaud in the hill state where 25,000 Mw of power potential has been identified by the state government so far.
Under an agreement with the ADB, UJVNL will get a total assistance of $300 million of which $45 million would be spent on the four projects, official sources here said.
The remaining amount would be used for strengthening the power transmission network in the state.
Uttarakhand would get the assistance under the special category status where 90 percent of the amount comes as a grant, the sources said.
Kaliganga and Madmaheshwar projects, being constructed on a tributary of Mandakini river in the Ukhimath area of Rudraprayag district, are expected to be completed by 2010. Kaliganga-II is being constructed at a nearby area and would be completed in two years.
Work on the Kaligaud project in Uttarkashi district is likely to begin by the end of this month and would be completed in 2 year. UJVNL currently produces 1,305.90 Mw with 21.05 Mw being generated from small hydro projects.
