{"id":368875,"date":"2026-08-04T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368875"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:13:11","slug":"ujh-multipurpose-project-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ujh-multipurpose-project-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ujh Multipurpose Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The status and phased implementation roadmap of the Ujh Multipurpose Project (MPP) has been reviwed in Kathua district of Jammu &amp; Kashmir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Ujh Multipurpose Project<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/8T0WQFDoJr3QxqSGIpf8DqR1EIttjuOl6Rc2TCwpP2zQ6Ob9X23wgD-BbbT_b77OYfcuR09CgEP4iavIduGSWnACAwlFv97hPsdgYvBcDLSOovJGTtAw9o3Q6jG2WdRAmBesGy0w\" alt=\" Ujh Multipurpose Project \" width=\"400\" height=\"177\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: New Indian Express<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> multipurpose<\/b>(Hydropower, Irrigation and Drinking)<b> River valley scheme <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is first of i<\/span><b>ts kind in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Associated river:<\/strong> The proposed project is on the <\/span><b>River Ujh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is one of the main <strong>tributaries of River Ravi.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Generation capacity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is designed to generate around<\/span><b> 186 MW to 212 MW of electricity.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is expected to <\/span><b>provide irrigation to nearly 90,000 hectares of agricultural land<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <strong>Kathua and Samba districts<\/strong> of Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Pathankot and <strong>Gurdaspur districts of Punjab.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will<\/span><b> also supply drinking wate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r to Kathua district and provide industrial water availability.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is <\/span><b>expected to strengthen agricultural productivity, improve water security,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> create new opportunities for economic development and contribute to the overall socio-economic progress of the Union Territory.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has a<\/span><b>n important security and border-management dimension<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is <\/span><b>backed by the Ministry of Home Affairs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to restrict unregulated water flows and plug vulnerable cross-border infiltration routes along the riverbed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The status and phased implementation roadmap of the Ujh Multipurpose Project (MPP) has been reviwed in Kathua district of Jammu &amp; Kashmir. About Ujh Multipurpose Project It is a multipurpose(Hydropower, Irrigation and Drinking) River valley scheme and is first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir. 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