Location: Chamoli, UTTARANCHAL

Capacity: [444 MW]

The vishnugad -Pipalkoti HEP with an installed capacity of 444mw is a run of the river scheme envisages of a 65 M high concrete diversion dam harnessing a gross head of 237M on river Alaknanda. The project located in the district Chamoli in the state of Uttarakhanda. The main benefit of the projects are

*Capacity addition of 444MW in the northen region

*Annual energy generation of 1813MU

*IntegratedDevelopment of Chamoli/Garhwal region in the areas of employment, communication, education, health, tourism, development of flora & Fauna etc

Present Status:

The project will be got executed through two separate contracts:-

i) Civil works and HM works

ii)EM work

The EPC contract for the Civil and HM works is expected to be awarded by the end of Dec.,09. The evaluation of tender documents of EM work is under progress.

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