Hydropower Generation Performance in Chenab River Basin

The Chenab River Basin is the major part of IndusRiver Basin. This river is formed by the Chandra and Bhaga, which rises in Lahul. It flows through Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir and is known as Chandra-Bhaga or Chenab. It then Traverses 330 km to Akhnur where it enters Pakistan. It flows 644 km more to Panjnad, joins the Sutlej after receiving the eaters from Jhelum at Trimmu and the Ravi lower down, its catchment area up to the Indo-akistan border is 26,155 sq km.

 The project wise generation data of large hydro with installed capacity of the basin in the latest year 2012-13.

• The above graph shows the trend line of power generation of Big Hydropower projects for last 25 years in the basin. the trend-line shows diminishing generation from existing hydro power projects of Chenab River Basin.
• It shows that the per MW generation in 2012-13 (5.33) has dropped by a huge 23.09% from the highest per MW generation (6.93) achieved in the year 1990-91.
• All generation figures have been taken from official data of Central Electricity Authority (CEA).

 List of other projects (up to 25 MW) under operation (for which latest generation figures not available):

List of proposed and under construction projects in the basin:

EAC: Expert Appraisal Committee of MoEF; FAC: Forest Advisory Committee of MoEF

Source: http://www.hpseb.com/hydro_potential.htm; http://envfor.nic.in

http://jkspdc.nic.in/exist.htm

Map of Hydroelectric Projects in Chenab River Basin available at:

https://sandrp.in/basin_maps/Hydro_%20Electric_Projects_in_Chenab_River_Basin.pdf

South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (www.sandrp.in)                                           June 2013

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