{"id":19890,"date":"2026-07-24T14:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19890"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T09:29:33","slug":"ratle-hydro-electric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ratle-hydro-electric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Ratle Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ratle Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuous heavy rainfall across Jammu and Kashmir has led to a sharp rise in the water level of the Chenab River recently, damaging the temporary cofferdam at the under-construction 850 MW Ratle Hydroelectric Power Project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ratle Hydroelectric Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an 850 MW hydroelectric power project being built on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chenab-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Chenab River<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Kishtwar District of <\/span><b>Jammu &amp; Kashmir.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>run-of-river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located<\/span><b> downstream of the Dulhasti project <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>upstream of the Baghlihar project.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is implemented by the <\/span><b>Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation (RHPCL).<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RHPCL was formed as a <\/span><b>joint venture (JV)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between<\/span><b> Jammu &amp; Kashmir State <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) and India\u2019s state-owned <\/span><b>National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHPC and JKSPDC hold <\/span><b>51% and 49% equity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ownership in RHPCL, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> construction work <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is being undertaken by <\/span><b>Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project includes a 133-meter-tall and 194.8-meter-long <\/span><b>concrete gravity dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a diversion dam, and an<\/span><b> underground powerhouse<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the right bank of the river.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The underground powerhouse will house four 205 MW Francis turbine-generating units and a 30 MW auxiliary turbine-generating unit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is expected to generate 3,137 GWh of electricity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pakistan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has <\/span><b>frequently alleged<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the <\/span><b>project violates the Indus Waters Treaty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 1960.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>New<\/b><strong>s: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.power-technology.com\/projects\/ratle-hydroelectric-power-plant-jammu-and-kashmir\/?cf-view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ratle Hydroelectric Project is an 850 MW hydroelectric power project being built on the Chenab River in the Kishtwar District of Jammu &#038; Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":114935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,2566,23],"class_list":["post-19890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-ratle-hydroelectric-project","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19890"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114966,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19890\/revisions\/114966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}