{"id":61539,"date":"2025-09-01T14:21:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T08:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=61539"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:16:07","slug":"dhauliganga-hydroelectric-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dhauliganga-hydroelectric-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nineteen workers and officials of the NHPC were rescued after they were trapped inside the tunnel of the 280 MW Dhauliganga hydroelectric project in Pithoragarh&#8217;s Dharchula area for almost 22 hours recently. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>280 MW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hydropower project located on the <\/span><b>Dhauliganga River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near Dharchula in the <\/span><b>Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dhauliganga River is one of the prominent <\/span><b>tributaries of the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alakananda-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alaknanda <\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alakananda-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>River<\/strong><\/a>, which is a <\/span><b>key component of the Ganga River system.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project construction commenced in 2000 and subsequently <\/span><b>entered into commercial operation in 2005.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project is currently<\/span><b> owned by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a r<\/span><b>un-of-river project.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of a <\/span><b>concrete-faced rock-fill embankment dam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a height of 56 meters and a length of 315 meters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hydro reservoir capacity is 6.2 million cubic meters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gross head and net head of the project are 310 m and 297 m, respectively.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/dehradun\/after-22-hrs-19-personnel-working-in-dharchula-hydropower-project-rescued-from-tunnel-blocked-by-landslide\/articleshow\/123617959.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project is a 280 MW hydropower project located on the Dhauliganga River near Dharchula in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. 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