{"id":352913,"date":"2025-12-29T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=352913"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:30:13","slug":"chenab-river-and-dulhasti-hydro-power-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chenab-river-and-dulhasti-hydro-power-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Chenab River and Dulhasti Hydro-Power Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>As part of the Centre\u2019s push to fast-track Indus basin infrastructure, the Union Environment Ministry\u2019s expert panel has recommended environmental clearance for the 260 MW Dulhasti Stage-II hydel project on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Kishtwar district.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Chenab River and Dulhasti Hydro-Power Project<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_352915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352915\" style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-352915\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dams-jnk.jpg?resize=277%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dams-jnk.jpg?resize=277%2C300&amp;ssl=1 277w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dams-jnk.jpg?w=347&amp;ssl=1 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>About Chenab River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> The Chenab River originates from the <strong>confluence of two rivers<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong><em>Chandra<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Bhaga<\/em><\/strong>, at\u00a0<strong>Tandi<\/strong>\u00a0in the upper Himalayas, located in the\u00a0<strong>Lahaul and Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In its upper reaches, the river is also referred to as the\u00a0<strong>Chandrabhaga<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>River course:<\/strong> From its origin, the river flows westward through the <strong>Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir<\/strong>, cutting through steep cliffs between the\u00a0<strong>Siwalik Range to the south<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Lesser Himalayas to the north<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>It then takes a\u00a0<strong>southwesterly turn<\/strong>, entering\u00a0<strong>Pakistan<\/strong>\u00a0and descending from the upland regions into the\u00a0<strong>broad alluvial plains of Punjab province<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In Pakistan, the Chenab receives the waters of the\u00a0<strong>Jhelum River near Trimmu<\/strong>, before eventually merging with the\u00a0<strong>Sutlej River<\/strong>, which is another tributary of the\u00a0<strong>Indus River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is the\u00a0<strong>largest river in Himachal Pradesh in terms of water volume<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tributaries:<\/strong> The main tributaries of the Chenab River include: <strong>Miyar Nalla,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Sohal,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Thirot,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bhut Nalla,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Marusudar and\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Lidrari.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Dulhasti Hydroelectric Project<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Dulhasti Hydroelectric Project is <strong>located on the Chenab River in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> The project is being <strong>developed by NHPC Limited<\/strong> as a<strong> run-of-the-river hydroelectric scheme.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The project will<strong> draw water from the Marusudar River<\/strong> through the Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Project.<\/li>\n<li>It has a proposed installed capacity<strong> of 260 MW<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dulhasti Stage-I Project:<\/strong> The <strong>Dulhasti Stage-I project<\/strong> has an installed capacity of <strong>390 MW <\/strong>and was <strong>commissioned in the year 2007<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Hydroelectric Projects on the Chenab River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Chenab River basin currently has <strong>three<\/strong> <strong>operational<\/strong> projects, <strong>namely Dulhasti-I, Baglihar, and Salal.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Baglihar Hydroelectric Project<\/strong> is a\u00a0<strong>run-of-the-river project is Ramban district <\/strong>with\u00a0an<strong> installed capacity of 890 MW<\/strong>. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Salal Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-the-river project<\/strong> located in<strong> Reasi district <\/strong>with an installed capacity of <strong>690 MW<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The beneficiary states are <strong>U.P, J&amp;K, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, H.P. Chandigarh &amp; Rajasthan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other projects<\/strong> such as<strong> Ratle, Kiru, and Kwar are presently under construction on the Chenab River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: As part of the Centre\u2019s push to fast-track Indus basin infrastructure, the Union Environment Ministry\u2019s expert panel has recommended environmental clearance for the 260 MW Dulhasti Stage-II hydel project on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Kishtwar district. About Chenab River and Dulhasti Hydro-Power Project About Chenab River Origin: The Chenab River originates&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chenab-river-and-dulhasti-hydro-power-project\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chenab River and Dulhasti Hydro-Power Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-352913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}