September 06, 2008
893 small hydro power projects completed in JK
Mr Vilas Muttemwar union minister of state for non conventional energy sources informed the lower house of Indian Parliament that Jammu and Kashmir will have 1000 Micro Hydro Projects for increased electricity access. 967 Projects have been completed so far, of which 893 have been handed over to the village community or State administration.
The implementation of this project started in 2005-06 under the reconstruction plan for Jammu and Kashmir. The implementation of this project is being done through the Army.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy supports the deployment of small hydro projects upto 25 MW station capacity for which it provides central finance assistance.
