{"id":30677,"date":"2026-03-06T12:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30677"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:53:34","slug":"sharavathi-pumped-storage-hydroelectric-project-pshp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sharavathi-pumped-storage-hydroelectric-project-pshp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The High Court of Karnataka recently ordered an issue of notice to the Centre and State government on a PIL petition, which had questioned the legality of the approval granted by the State Wildlife Board and the in-principle approval granted by the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife for the Sharavathi PSHP.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a PSHP proposed on the <\/span><b>Sharavathi River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Shivamogga district, <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project, with its aim to generate <\/span><b>2,000 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of power, will be the biggest of its kind in the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being <\/span><b>developed by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project involves <\/span><b>building a pumped storage power plant between two existing reservoirs.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Talakalale dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which stands at 62.48 meters tall, will be the<\/span><b> upper reservoir.\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This dam currently helps balance water for the existing Sharavathy hydroelectric project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Gerusoppa dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be the <\/span><b>lower reservoir,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and it is about 64 meters tall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Water <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be <\/span><b>pumped uphill during off-peak hours<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>released downhill to generate electricity during peak demand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project aims to<\/span><b> utilise renewable energy sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and reduce carbon emissions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Modelled on the lines of Telangana\u2019s Kaleshwaram project,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it also aims to <\/span><b>supply drinking water to Bengaluru.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five tunnels and eight pumping stations are critical parts of the plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project <\/span><b>falls within the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) of the Sharavathi Wildlife Sanctuary, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is home to the endangered lion-tailed macaque, hornbills, king cobras, and numerous endemic plant species of the Western Ghats.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Sharavathi River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a river in the <\/span><b>western Karnataka <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the few rivers in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which<\/span><b> flows in the west direction.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A large part of the river basin lies in the <\/span><b>Western Ghats.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Course: <\/span><b>Rising in the Western Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it flows in a northwesterly direction and <\/span><b>empties into the Arabian Sea <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Honnavar, near the Uttara Kannada district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 128 km<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On its way, the Sharavathi forms the <\/span><b>Jog Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in India,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where the river falls from a height of 253 m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diverse geological features mark the river\u2019s course, including rocky outcrops, fertile plains, and deep gorges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Major Tributaries: Nandihole, Haridravathi, Mavinahole, Hilkunji, Yennehole, Hurlihole, and Nagodihole.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/karnataka\/karnataka-high-court-notice-to-state-and-centre-on-plea-challenging-wildlife-boards-approval-for-10000-crore-sharavathi-pumped-storage-hydroelectric-project\/article70708153.ece#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project is a PSHP proposed on the Sharavathi River in the Shivamogga district, Karnataka. Read more about Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project, River, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":91272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,3622,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-30677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-sharavathi-pumped-storage-hydroelectric-project","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30677","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=30677"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91295,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30677\/revisions\/91295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}