SCHEME FOR PRE-FEASIBILITY REPORTS FOR HYDEL PROJECTS

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The Ministry of Power has sanctioned a scheme to prepare Pre-feasibility Reports for 162 Hydro-electric Schemes in the country having an aggregate installed capacity of 50,650 MW. Of this12 schemes of 3,750 MW are in Himachal Pradesh.

The Central Electricity Authority has identified a hydro power potential of approximately 18,820 MW in Himachal Pradesh. Eighteen hydel projects with an installed capacity of 3,978 MW have already been developed and ten projects of 4,054 MW installed capacity are under development. Twelve schemes with installed capacity of 2,513 MW are under different stages of Survey and Investigation in Himachal Pradesh.