{"id":11050,"date":"2025-10-13T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11050"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:54:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:24:30","slug":"kiru-hydro-electric-power-project-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kiru-hydro-electric-power-project-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiru Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kiru Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 624-megawatt Kiru hydroelectric project recently reached a significant milestone with the completion of 10 lakh cubic meters of Dam Concreting, out of a total target of 12 lakh cubic meters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kiru Hydroelectric Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>624-megawatt (MW) run-of-river project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being developed over the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chenab-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Chenab River <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">near the villages of Patharnakki and Kiru in <\/span><b>Kishtwar District, Jammu and Kashmir (J&amp;K).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located <\/span><b>between the Kirthai II hydroelectric project<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to its upstream and the <\/span><b>Kwar hydroelectric project <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to its downstream.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will include the construction of a <\/span><b>concrete gravity dam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a height of 135 m and an <\/span><b>underground powerhouse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located on the left bank of the river that will comprise four vertical Francis turbines with a capacity of 156 MW each.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will provide much-needed <\/span><b>power for the grid in northern India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being <\/span><b>developed by Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPP)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>a joint venture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC, 49%)<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Jammu &amp; Kashmir State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC, 49%)\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power Trading Corporation (PTC, 2%).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/india\/kiru-hydroelectric-project-moves-closer-to-completion-with-major-construction-milestone-1503497846.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">STATES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiru Hydroelectric Project is a 624-megawatt (MW) run-of-river project being developed over the Chenab River. 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