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Beginning from a single hydropower project company, SJVN today has a footprint in a Hydroelectric Projects in Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and in the neighboring countries of Nepal and Bhutan.

SJVN is successfully operating the country’s largest 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydropower Station and is setting new benchmarks in generation and maintenance year after year, after having tackled the silt erosion problems in under-water turbine parts.

Mihumdon HEP with a proposed capacity of 400 MW located in the Dibang basin of Arunachal Pradesh allocated on 22.12.2021 by the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India. Project allotted by GoAP on 21.07.2023. Memorandum of Agreement for project development signed with GoAP on 12.08.2023.

 

Sach Khas HEP with a proposed capacity of 267 MW located on river Chenab in Himachal Pradesh was allotted on 05.01.2021 by GoHP.

After investigation, the capacity of the project has been revised to 287 MW with the generation of 1012 MU in a 90% dependable year against the allotted capacity of 267 MW. 

Purthi HEP with proposed capacity of 230 MW located on river Chenab in Distt. Lahaul & Chamba of Himachal Pradesh was allotted on 09.08.2019 by GoHP. Template MoU signed with GoHP on 25.09.2019.

The capacity of the project has been revised to 234 MW with the generation of 826 MU in a 90% dependable year against the allotted capacity of 210 MW. 

Reoli Dugli HEP with a proposed capacity of 430 MW is located on river Chenab in Distt. Lahaul-Spiti of Himachal Pradesh was allotted on 23.10.2019 by GoHP. MoU signed with GoHP on 06.11.2019. Capacity of the project was revised to 456 MW with the generation of 1597 MU in a 90% dependable year against the allotted capacity of 430 MW.

 

Bardang HEP with proposed capacity of 138 MW located on river Chenab in Distt. Lahaul-Spiti of Himachal Pradesh was allotted on 09.08.2019 by GoHP. Template MoU signed with GoHP on 25.09.2019.

Capacity of project revised to 166 MW with the generation of 655 MU in a 90% dependable year against the allotted capacity of 138 MW. 

Devsari HEP with capacity of 194 MW is located on river Pindar, a tributary of river Alaknanda on Ganga basin, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. The project is designed as Run of the River project and has the potential to generate 556.27 MU of electricity in a 90% dependable year.

A Memorandum of Understanding for execution of project was signed with the Government of Uttarakhand on November 21, 2005.

Name of Component

Feature

Location/Capacity

 

State/country

Uttarakhand

Installed Capacity (MW)

194 MW

Dam

 

Type

Concrete Gravity Dam

Height (From deepest foundation level)

35.00 m

Head Race Tunnel

 

Shape

Modified Horse Shoe

length

17.9 km

Finished Dia

5.6 m

Surge Shaft

 

Type

Restricted orifice open to sky

Depth

140.72 m

Dia

16 m (Main Shaft

Power House

 

Type

Underground

Size

80.00 m (L) x 20.00 m (w) x 43.42 m(h)

Type of Turbine.

Vertical Axis Francis

Gross Head

230.42 m.

Tail Race Tunnel/Channel

 

Length/Dia

152 m/6.9 m


 

The Devsari Hydroelectric Project involves financing of the project on a 70:30 debt-equity ratio. The estimated cost of the project at December, 2019 price level is Rs1387.37crores.

Sr. No

Description

Date

1.

MoU for execution signed between SJVN and Govt. of Uttarakhand

21.11.2005

2.

Finalization of EIA/EMP Report

30.10.2010

3.

TEC of DPR

07.08.2012

4.

Stage-I Forest Clearance by MoEF with conditions

26.02. 2018

5.

Recommendation of Environment Clearance (EC) by EAC, MoEF subject to conditions.

27.03.2018

6.

Approval of CAT plan by PCCF, Uttarakhand

25.08.2018

7.

Award of Private land

10.07.2019

8.

Submission of 9 pre-DPR chapters as per revised e-flows to CEA

26.12.2019

9.

Submission of PIB memo for pre-construction activities.

15.04.2021

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Luhri HEP Stage-II is a run of river project on Satluj river near Nanj village, spread over Shimla, Kullu & Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh. The project is estimated to generate 632 MU of electricity in a 90% dependable year. Investment approval for pre-construction activities of Rs 72.478 Crore was received from GOI on 16.03.18. MoU signed with GoHP on 25.09.2019.

 

The Project shall be financed on 70:30 debt:equity ratio.The estimated cost of the project at March, 2017 price level is Rs. 1182.90 crores.

Sr. No.DescriptionDate
1.Allocation of all three Stages of Luhri Projects to SJVN by GoHP on "Stand Alone Basis”29.08.2017
2.Investment Approval for pre-construction activities from GoI16.03.2018
3.Approval of TOR from MOEF09.04.2018
4.Ist consultation meeting with CEA11.06.2018
5.Award of EIA/EMP studies27.06.2018
6.Submission of application to GoHP for conducting SIA study29.09.2018
7.Submission of application for diversion of forest land08.10.2018
8.Award of SIA report18.07.2019
9.Signing of MoU with GoHP25.09.2019
10.Completion of Drift works30.10.2019

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PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN LHEP ON 17th APRIL 2010

As a part of Corporate Resettlement & Rehabilitation strategy a public consultation meeting with two panchayats, namely, Bindla and Chebri was organised at Luhri Hydro Electric Project, Sunni on 17th April 2010. In the meeting 13 villagers including Pradhans of Panchayats Bindla, Chebri and representatives of Jan Kalyan Samiti, village Lunsu were present. From SJVN Limited side Sh. Avinash Kumar- General Manager (Project), Sh. Mukul Tirkey-Addl. General Manager (Personnel), Sh. R.C. Chopra – Sr. Manager (Project Planning & Monitoring), Sh. M. Thakur – Sr. Manager (Procurement), Sh. Baljeet Singh- Manager (Personnel), Sh. Sarvesh Meena-Executive Trainee (Resettlement & Rehabilitation) and Sh. Awadhesh Prasad- Manager(Resettlement & Rehabilitation) from Corporate Office were present.


At the outset the General Manager (Project) welcomed the villagers and Addl. General Manager (Personnel) apprised them of the objective of the meeting including the details of private land being acquired for the project. Then the concept of the project proponents was explained to the villagers by Mr. Chopra, Sr. Manager (Project Planning & Monitoring). The corporate Resettlement & Rehabilitation policy was explained in detail by Sh. Awadhesh Prasad, Manager(Resettlement & Rehabilitation). They were explained about various categories of the Project Affected Families and eligibility criterion for various Resettlement & Rehabilitation entitlements and benefits. The villagers were made aware of the compensation for land, structures, Resettlement & Rehabilitation benefits, social support and several entitled deliverables to them. The villagers seemed to have understood our presentation and viewpoints.

The meeting was held in a conducive manner and all the villagers assured to extend due cooperation. Sh. Baljeet Singh , Manager(Personnel) moved vote of thanks.

Director (Personnel), SJVN Limited Visit to Villages around Luhri Hydro Electric Project.
Sh. R S Katoch, Director (Personnel),SJVN Limited on 5th June 2010 visited to villages likely to be affected by Luhri Hydro Electric Project-775 MW (HP) being executed by SJVN limited. He was associated with Sh. D Sarveswar, Dy. General Manager (Personnel), Sh. Ravi Uppal, Sr. Manager(Monitoring), Sh. Awadhesh Prasad, Manager(Rehabilitation) from the corporate office Shimla and Sh. S K Sharma, Adl. General Manager(Civil), Sh. Mukul Tirkey, AGM (Personnel) ,Sh. KK Taman, DGM(Electrical), Sh. Rakesh Singh, Manager(Environment), Sh. Baljeet Singh, Manager (Personnel) ,Sh. SK Meena, Engineer(Rehabilitation) , Ms. Neha Gupta , Officer(Personnel) and Sh. OP Negi, Land Acquisition Officer from the project .


The objective of the village visit was to make the local people aware of the impact of Luhri project and sharing of their views and expectations. The team visited village Marola, in Panchayat Bindla, District Mandi and village Lunsu, in Panchayat Chebri ,District Shimla. Sh. I R Sharma , Panchyat Pradhan , Chebri alongwith Head of the Panchayat Committee Sh. Sharma and a large number of villagers participated in the village meeting. Sh. R S Katoch, Director (Personnel) and other officers explained the villagers about the Luhri project proponents and its lay out. The villagers queried about the issues like land acquisition, area development, resettlement & rehabilitation, benefits generated from the projects etc.


The villagers also put forth their some expectations like employment opportunity, health facility, water facility, education facility, skill development of local youth etc. Director (Personnel) replied to their queries. The day of the meetings 5th June being World Environment Day, Sh. R S Katoch, Director(Personnel) distributed plant saplings amongst the villagers to celebrate the day. The villagers assured to extend their cooperation for construction of the Luhri project. The meetings in the both villages took place in a friendly environment and in the spirit of mutual cooperation.

Public Consultation process in LHEP continues
Similar public consultation meetings in the project affected panchayats have been conducted in Kot and Firnu villages under Tewan and Sarahan panchayats on 08.10.2010, Jashi and Bharara villages under Karyali panchayat on 26.11.2010, Jhunjan village under panchayat Mogra on 30.11.2010 and Talah village in Vanahari panchayat on 30.11.2010. The project authorities explained to them about the land acquisition process and benefits available to them under SJVN R&R Plan. Main concerns of the locals were employment, provision of drinking water and approach road to the other bank of river Satluj. SJVN Policy & Plan on

 

Public Consultaion Meeting in Jhunjan

these issues were explained to them in detail. Community Development programmes in the area under LADC were also discussed in the meetings. Meetings were held in very co-ordial atmosphere and the villagers assured full co-operation to the project.

Public Consultation Meeting in Village Ogli
About 05 hects. private land in Ogli village under Ogli panchayat in tehsil Sunni, Shimla is under acquisition for the purpose of approach roads and dumping sites. Acquisition process has reached up to section –VII. A public consultation meeting with the people of the village was held in Panchayat Bhawan on 25.11.2010. A large number of project affected persons attended the meeting. Panchayat Pradhan, Up (Vice) Pradhan and Secretary, Panchayat were also present. SJVN team from LHEP comprised of AGM (P&A), Sr. Manager (PP&M), Manager (P&A), Manager (Infra) and Engineer (R&R). At the outset, AGM (P&A) explained the project activities and land acquisition process in the area followed by detailed narration of R&R scheme. The villagers assured that the enumeration of the trees by HP Forest Deptt. in the area which was stopped due to some mis-understanding may be re - started with the prior intimation and knowledge of the concerned owners. Meeting was held in a very co-ordial atmosphere and the villagers assured full co-operation to the project.

Public Consultation Meeting in Parlog Panchayat
A public consultation meeting with the residents of village Parlog under Parlog panchayat was held in the Panchayat Bhawan on 06.09.2010. From SJVN side, Sh. Mukul Tirkey AGM (P&A), Sh. Baljeet Singh, Manager (P&A), Sh. Vikas Sharma, Manager (Infra), Sh. Pradeep Rawat, Sr. Engineer (Civil), Sh. Vasu Dev Sharma, Engineer (Civil) and Sh. Jagtar Singh, A.E. (Civil) were present. Prominent persons from amongst the panchayat who attended the meeting were Sh. Rama Nand, Panchayat Pradhan , Sh. Karam Dass, Sh. Hem Raj, Sh. Lal Chand and Sh. Jagdish. Pradhan, Mahila Mandal along with a good number of women also participated in the meeting. 23 hect. of private land in village Parlog is under acquisition for the purpose of job facility. Acquisition process has reached up to section –VII. Videography of structures before the construction activities in this village is under progress. The SJVN Officials explained to them about the objective of the videography, i.e., to ascertain the impacts/damages of blasting on their houses during construction phase and to determine compensation accordingly. Issues relating to employment during construction, deployment of their vehicles in the project, provision of drinking water, possibility of realignment of paths/roads through their land etc, were some of the major issues discussed during the meeting. The project authorities clarified all their queries to their satisfaction. The villagers are very keen to see the project come up in their locality and assured all co-operation to the project authority. Meeting ended with project Officials assuring them of many more such interactions with them in future.

HOP, LHEP holds Public Consultation Meeting in Village Lunsu
Sh. S.K. Sharma, AGM (Civil) after assuming the charge of HOP of Luhri Hydro Electric Project in August, 2010 held his 1st public consultation meeting in village Lunsu under Chebri panchyat in Shimla district. He was accompanied by Sr. Officers, such as, AGM (P&A), Sr. Manager (PP&M), Manager (Infra) and Manager (P&A). Lunsu is the village opposite proposed Power House site of the project where 08-21-55 hect. of private land for colony, office & approach road is under acquisition. Objective of the meeting was primarily to make the concerned stakeholder aware of the progress of land acquisition process in that area. On the request of the villagers another meeting by the HOP was held on 11.01.2011. He explained in detail the Rehabilitation & Resettlement Policy of SJVN for the project affected persons including Community Development Programmes in that area. The villagers also put - forth their expectations from the project, such as, generation of employment opportunities, petty contract and deployment of vehicles etc. during the construction phase. The delegation of the villagers was lead by Sh. I.R. Sharma, Panchyat Pradhan with a large number of women participants. The meeting was held in very co-cordial atmosphere with assurance of villagers of full co-operation for the project.

 

Director (Personnel), SJVN Limited Visit to Villages around Luhri Hydro Electric Project.
Sh. R S Katoch, Director (Personnel),SJVN Limited on 5th June 2010 visited to villages likely to be affected by Luhri Hydro Electric Project-775 MW (HP) being executed by SJVN limited. He was associated with Sh. D Sarveswar, Dy. General Manager (Personnel), Sh. Ravi Uppal, Sr. Manager(Monitoring), Sh. Awadhesh Prasad, Manager(Rehabilitation) from the corporate office Shimla and Sh. S K Sharma, Adl. General Manager(Civil), Sh. Mukul Tirkey, AGM (Personnel) ,Sh. KK Taman, DGM(Electrical), Sh. Rakesh Singh, Manager(Environment), Sh. Baljeet Singh, Manager (Personnel) ,Sh. SK Meena, Engineer(Rehabilitation) , Ms. Neha Gupta , Officer(Personnel) and Sh. OP Negi, Land Acquisition Officer from the project .


The objective of the village visit was to make the local people aware of the impact of Luhri project and sharing of their views and expectations. The team visited village Marola, in Panchayat Bindla, District Mandi and village Lunsu, in Panchayat Chebri ,District Shimla. Sh. I R Sharma , Panchyat Pradhan , Chebri alongwith Head of the Panchayat Committee Sh. Sharma and a large number of villagers participated in the village meeting. Sh. R S Katoch, Director (Personnel) and other officers explained the villagers about the Luhri project proponents and its lay out. The villagers queried about the issues like land acquisition, area development, resettlement & rehabilitation, benefits generated from the projects etc.


The villagers also put forth their some expectations like employment opportunity, health facility, water facility, education facility, skill development of local youth etc. Director (Personnel) replied to their queries. The day of the meetings 5th June being World Environment Day, Sh. R S Katoch, Director(Personnel) distributed plant saplings amongst the villagers to celebrate the day. The villagers assured to extend their cooperation for construction of the Luhri project. The meetings in the both villages took place in a friendly environment and in the spirit of mutual cooperation.

The Jakhol Sankri HEP with a proposed capacity of 44 MW is located on river Supin, a tributary of river Tons and part of river Yamuna in the Ganga basin, in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. The project is designed as a run-of-the-river project and has the potential to generate 166 MU of energy in a year. A Memorandum of Understanding for the execution of the project was signed with the Government of Uttarakhand on November 21, 2005.

 

Name of ComponentFeatures
Location/Type /Capacity 
State/countryUttarakhand
Installed Capacity (MW)44 (2 x 22)
Dam 
TypeBarrage
Height (From deepest foundation level)17.00 m
Desilting Arrangement 
TypeUnder ground parallel chamber
No & Size2, 100.00 m (L) x 12 m (w) x 12.27 m (h)
Head Race Tunnel 
ShapeModified Horse Shoe
length6.62 km
Finished Dia3.0 m
Surge Shaft 
TypeRestricted Orifice/UG
Depth42.87m
Dia7.5 m.
Power House 
TypeUnderground
Size61.00 m (L) x 17.39 m (w) x 34.75 m(h)
Type of Turbine.Pelton
Design Head436.36m
Tail Race Tunnel/Channel 
Length/Dia155.52 m./3.5m (W) x 3.75M (H)

The Project shall be financed on 70:30 debt equity ratio. As per TEA of DPR by GoUk, cost of the project at April, 2016 price level is Rs. 477.15crores.
 

Sr. No.DescriptionDate
1Signing of MoU for execution of Project between SJVN and GoUk21.11. 2005
2Submission of DPR to GoUK29.12.2011
3NOC from NBWL19.09. 2016
4Award of work for EIA/ EMP studies18.11. 2016
5Investment approval from GOI for pre-construction activities15.09.2017
6TEA of DPR by GoUk03.06.2019
7Approval of SIA study by GoUk26.06.2019
8Issuance of notification under section-11 of LARR Act 17.07.2019
9Recommendation of EAC, MoEF&CC for Environmental Clearance26.12.2019
10Forest Clearance Stage-1 accorded by MoEF&CC27.07.2023

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Sunni Dam HEP is a run of the river type scheme. The project is situated on Satluj river near Khaira village spread over Shimla and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh. The project is estimated to generate 1382 MU of electric energy in a 90% dependable year. The project is in the construction stage with the main Civil and HM works Package awarded on 14.01.2023. Diversion tunnel has been completed and the river was diverted on 13.01.2024. Excavation for dam abutments and excavation for MAT to the powerhouse and TRT adit is in progress.

Name of ComponentSunni Dam Project
Location/Type /Capacity 
State/countryHP
Installed Capacity (MW)382 ( 5x73+1 x 17)
Dam 
TypeConcrete Gravity
Height (From deepest foundation level)83.00 m
Pressure shaft/Penstock 
No3/6
Length190.00 m
Power House 
TypeUnderground
No./ Capacity of generating units6 units/ (5x 73 + 1 x 17) MW
Type of Turbine.Francis/6
Design Head57.85 m

The Project shall be financed on 70:30 debt equity ratio.The approved cost of the project is Rs. 2614.51 crores at March, 2021 price level.
 

  1. Sr. No.

    Description

    Date

    1.

    Allocation of all three Stages of Luhri project to SJVN by GoHP on "Stand Alone Basis"

    29.08.2017

    2.

    Ist consultation meeting with CEA

    17.08.2017

    3.

    NOC from Wildlife & HPPWD Deptt

    06.01.2018 & 21.03.2018

    4.

    Investment Approval for pre-construction activities from GoI

    18.04.2018

    5.

    Signing of MoU with GoHP

    25.09.2019

    6.

    Recommendation of MoEF&CC for Environment Clearance

    07.01.2021

    7.

    Issuance of Notification under Section -11 by GoHP for private land acquisition

    19.01.2021

    8.

    TEC of DPR

    11.02.2021

    9.

    Submission of PIB to MoP for Investment approval

    09.03.2021

    10.

    Approval of CAT plan from GoHP

    01.04.2021

    11.

    NIT for EPC package for Civil and HM works

    20.04.2021

    12.Forest Clearance Stage-1 by MoEF&CC22.12.2021
    13.Ground breaking ceremony in presence of Hon'ble Prime Minister 27.12.2021
    14.Forest Clearance Stage-2 by MoEF&CC
         		23.08.2022
    15.Sanction Order for Investment approval for Main Works
         		12.01.2023
    16.Award of EPC Package for Main Civil & Hm Works14.01.2023
    17.River Diversion13.01.2024
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