News: The Indian government has now recommended environmental clearance for the 1,856-MW Chenab project in Jammu and Kashmir.
About Sawalkote Hydel Project
- Location : The project is located in Jammu and Kashmir, (Ramban district)
- River: The project is on the Chenab River.
- Build by: The project will be built by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited.
- Key features
- Planned installed capacity is distributed across two stages: Stage I of 1,406 MW and Stage II of 450 MW.
- The scheme proposes a 5-metre-high concrete gravity dam, creating a reservoir of about 530 million cubic metres over roughly 1,159 hectares.
- Although substantial storage is envisaged, the project is officially categorised as a run-of-river hydropower development.
- The Sawalkote Hydroelectric Power Project is poised to become Jammu and Kashmir’s largest hydropower initiative.
- Other projects on Chenab River
- Operational projects include 390-MW Dulhasti (Kishtwar), 890-MW Baglihar (Ramban), and 690-MW Salal (Reasi).
Some Important Project on Indus River System
Project | River |
| Kishanganga HEP (330 MW) | Kishanganga/Neelum (Jhelum tributary) |
| Ratle HEP (850 MW) | Chenab |
| Pakal Dul HEP (1,000 MW) | Marusudar (Chenab tributary) |
| Baglihar HEP (900 MW) | Chenab |
| Salal HEP (690 MW) | Chenab |
| Pandoh project | Beas |
| Uri project | Jhelum in Jammu & Kashmir |
| Thein project | On Ravi in Punjab |
| Pong project | On river Beas Reservoir- Maharana Pratap Sagar |
| Bhakra Nangal project | On river Satluj India’s largest multipurpose project Reservoir–Gobind Sagar |
