About Pakal Dul Hydropower Project:
- It is a 1 GW run-of-the-river scheme hydroelectric project (HEP) under construction on the Marusudar River, a tributary of the Chenab River in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.
- It comprises a 167 m-high concrete-face rockfill dam, a 157 m-long, 20.2 m-wide, and 49 m-high underground powerhouse, a 123.6 m-long, 16 m-wide, and 13.1 m-high transformer cabin, and a rockfill impervious core cofferdam.
- The underground powerhouse will be equipped with four 250 MW Francis turbine units operating at a net head of 397.3m.
- It is anticipated to produce around 3,330 million units of energy a year.
- It is being constructed by Chenab Valley Power Projects [P] Ltd. (CVPPL), a joint venture company of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC Limited) and Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd (JKSPDC).
- JKSPDC holds a 49% stake in CVPPL while NHPC and PTC India hold 49% and 2%, respectively.
- During the first ten years of operation, the Union Territory of J&K will receive 12% free power from the project, in addition to waiving water usage charges. It will also have the first right to purchase the power allotted to NHPC and PTC.
