{"id":4497,"date":"2025-10-28T12:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=4497"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:52:55","slug":"sunni-dam-hydro-electric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sunni-dam-hydro-electric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project (HEP) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging illegal dumping of muck into the Sutlej during blasting activities for the construction of the Sunni Dam hydroelectric project in Shimla district\u2019s Sunni tehsil. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project (HEP)<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>382 MW run-of-the-river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hydroelectric project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is being developed on the <\/span><b>Satluj River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the Shimla and Mandi districts of <\/span><b>Himachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is owned by <\/span><b>Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a collaborative <\/span><b>venture between the government of India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the state <\/span><b>government of Himachal Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunni HEP will involve building a <\/span><b>concrete gravity dam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across the Satluj River and an underground powerhouse on the right bank of it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project will generate 1,382 million units of electricity annually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is a <\/span><b>part of the larger Luhri HEP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is being developed in<\/span><b> three distinct stages along the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-sutlej-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Satluj Rive<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-sutlej-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">r<\/a> within the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stages comprise the 210 MW Luhri Stage-1, the 172 MW Luhri Stage-II, and the 382 MW Sunni HEP.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribuneindia.com\/news\/himachal\/green-tribunal-takes-note-of-muck-dumping-in-sutlej-river\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project (HEP) is being developed on the Satluj River in the Shimla and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh. 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