{"id":31590,"date":"2025-03-31T04:14:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T22:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31590"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T07:40:37","slug":"parbati-ii-hydroelectric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/parbati-ii-hydroelectric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC) recently announced the successful completion of the trial run for Unit 2 (200 MW) of the Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project in Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<h2>About Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Parbati Hydroelectric Project (Stage II) is a <strong>run-of-the-river project<\/strong> under construction in Sainj, <strong>Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It proposed to <strong>harness the hydro potential of<\/strong> the lower reaches of the <strong>Parbati River <\/strong>(major <strong>tributary of the Beas<\/strong> River).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The river is proposed to be diverted with a <strong>concrete gravity dam <\/strong>at Village Pulga in Parbati Valley through a 31.52 km long head race tunnel and the power house shall be located at village Suind in Sainj Valley.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Capacity: 800 MW<\/strong> (four units of 200 MW each)<\/li>\n<li>Once fully commissioned, the Parbati-II project is expected to generate approx. 3,074 million units (MU) of electricity annually.<\/li>\n<li>The project is being <strong>developed and currently owned by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC)<\/strong>. The company has a <strong>stake of 100%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Parbati-II project was initiated in 2003 and was originally scheduled for commissioning in 2010.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>However, it faced continuous delays due to various challenges, including tunnelling issues, water and silt seepage, flash floods, cloudbursts, and adverse geological conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is the Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Himachal Pradesh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Which river&#8217;s hydro potential is being harnessed in the Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It proposed to harness the hydro potential of the lower reaches of the Parbati River (major tributary of the Beas River).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the total installed capacity of the Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 800 MW<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/energy\/nhpc-stock-price-trial-run-parbati-ii-himachal-19578719.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parbati-II Hydroelectric Project is a 800 MW run-of-the-river project under construction in Sainj, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, aimed at boosting renewable energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31590","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=31590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}