This was stated at a meeting chaired by state Governor N N Vohra during his visit to the Uri-II power project today, an official spokesman said.
Vohra took stock of the pace of work on the execution of 240 MW Uri-II Hydel Power Project being constructed by the NHPC on river Jhelum near Uri in Baramulla District at a cost of Rs 1800 crore.
General Manager of the project Harish Kumar briefed the Governor about the status of completion of various components of this Project, which included the dam, open channel, de-silting basin, head race tunnel, tail race tunnel and other salient features.
Kumar informed the Governor that the first 60 MW unit of this hydel project will be commissioned in January 2013, while the remaining three units of an equal capacity will be commissioned at monthly intervals thereafter.
The Governor said that electricity is the key to economic growth and rapid development. In this context, he expressed concern over the factors which had led to the delay in the commissioning of this vital project, causing denial of the much needed power to the state and a monthly loss of Rs 40 crore to the nation.
Later, the Governor visited the underground Power House of the 480 MW Uri-I Hydel Project at Rajarwani which was commissioned in 1997.
