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UTTARAKHAND
Sanchit S. Agarwal
David E. Rheinheimer
M.L. Kansal
Department of Water Resources Development & Management
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667
November, 2015
Importance of Energy
• Energy – a key player in overall development of a country.
• Energy - a strategic commodity & a key factor to achieve various MDGs set
by UN (India is one of the active members), such as to eradicate poverty, public health,
education, gender equality, and environmental sustainability.
• India’s Population - 1.27 billion – second largest
- Fourth in terms of energy consumption.
- About 300 million people have no access to electricity.
• Annual per capita energy consumption
India - 1010 kWh
Developed countries - 10,000-15,000 kWh.
• 12th Five Year Plan - GDP growth target - 8 - 9%.
Require two fold increase in energy consumption in next ten years.
• Electricity for all by 2019 – is target set by GOI
Source: Strategy for Providing 24 x 7 power supply, Forum of Regulators, December 2014
India’s Energy Resources & Installed Capacity
Coal
Reserves
Source: CEA, Executive Summary, Power Sector, August 2015, Hydropower IC from UJVNL
River Basins in
Uttarakhand and
Operational HPPs
Estimated potential :
20000 MW
Total installed capacity :
3943.15 MW (19.71% of
potential)
• Tehri Dam project (under Govt. Of UP) report submitted to GoI in 1969.
Benefits
Financial Constraints
Project encountered funding issues in the initial years when funding from USSR stopped due to
their political instability, increased cost due to changes in capacity, R&R packages.
Technical Revisions
The project underwent change in capacity in 1983, from 600 MW to 1000 MW causing changes in
design, submergence area etc.
Political-Administrative Challenge
Transfer of ownership of project from one government body to another led to administrative
hurdles and delays.
Socio-Legal Issues
• Complete submergence of Tehri Town, mandating
Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) of thousands of
people.
• Protests & legal actions by environmentalists, NGOs
and project affected families.
• A large number of projects are held up in the state due to multiple uncertainties
and challenges - geological, natural disasters, environmental, socio-legal and
administrative.
• Solutions should be suggested during planning & design and implemented during
O & M.
THANK YOU!
HPPs Damaged by Floods, 2013
99 MW Singoli Bhatwari,
5 MW Motighat,
Kund, Uttarakhand, Floods
Pithoragarh,
2013
Uttarakhand, Floods
2013
400 MW
Vishnuprayag,
Alakananda,
Uttarakhand, Floods
2013
Social Protests against Hydropower Projects