Ujh Multipurpose Project

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The Union Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office recently reviewed the status and phased implementation roadmap of the Ujh Multipurpose Project in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

About Ujh Multipurpose Project

• It is a multipurpose (Hydropower, Irrigation, and Drinking) project in the Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir  on the River Ujh, which is a major tributary of River Ravi. 
• The project, which was declared as a “national project” in the year 2008, involves the construction of a 116-metre-high concrete-faced rockfill dam.
• It is expected to generate between 186 MW and 212 MW of hydroelectric power. 
• It is designed to provide irrigation to nearly 90,000 hectares of agricultural land across Kathua and Samba districts in Jammu and Kashmir, besides Pathankot and Gurdaspur districts in Punjab. 
• The project will also supply drinking water to the Kathua district and make water available for industrial use. 
• Apart from its developmental significance, the project also has a crucial strategic dimension. 
  • Backed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the project is expected to regulate water flows more effectively and help plug vulnerable cross-border infiltration routes along the riverbed. 
• After construction of the project, utilization of waters of Eastern Rivers allotted to India as per the Indus Water Treaty would be enhanced by utilizing the flow that presently goes across the border unutilized.

News: NOA

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