{"id":104908,"date":"2026-05-25T13:48:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104908"},"modified":"2026-05-25T13:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:18:36","slug":"machkund-hydroelectric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/machkund-hydroelectric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Machkund Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Machkund Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major fire broke out at the Machkund Hydroelectric Project located on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Machkund Hydroelectric Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>120 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hydropower project located in the Koraput district of <\/span><b>Odisha along the border with Andhra Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located on the <\/span><b>western slopes of the Eastern Ghats<\/b> <b>near <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the well-known <\/span><b>Duduma Falls,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>Machkund River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a <\/span><b>tributary of the Godavari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River system).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Jalaput Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with its reservoir, supports the project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>inter-state Project of Government of Andhra Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Government of Odisha.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Construction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant was originally <\/span><b>proposed by Maharaja Vikram Dev Varma of Jeypore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to provide electricity to his villages in the <\/span><b>1920s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project<\/span><b> construction commenced in 1948<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and subsequently entered into <\/span><b>commercial operation in 1955.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was formally <\/span><b>inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first President of India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Power Sharing:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the beginning, electricity distribution was divided in a 70:30 ratio between <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over time, with increasing demand and negotiations, the arrangement was revised to an <\/span><b>equal 50:50 share<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ensuring both states benefited fairly from the plant. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Visakhapatnam\/fire-breaks-out-at-machkund-hydroelectric-project-on-ap-odisha-border\/article71015236.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machkund Hydroelectric Project is a 120 MW hydropower project located in the Koraput district of Odisha along the border with Andhra Pradesh. 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