NTPC to execute 3 projects in Uttarakhand

  • 18/03/2012

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)

Dehradun Power major NTPC today said it is implementing three big hydel projects with a total capacity of 942 Mw in Uttarakhand. These three projects include Tapovan Vishnugad (520 mw), Rupsiyabagar-Khasiabara (261 mw) and Lata Topovan (171 mw) in the state, NTPC’s regional executive director (Hydro) Malvinder S Soin said.While Tapovan and Lata are situated on river Dhauliganga in Chamoli district, Rupsiyabagar-Khasiabara is located on Goriganga in Pithoragarh district. After the commissioning of Tapovan Vishnugad project in 2014, Soin said Uttarakhand will be getting 12% of free power which is equal to 300 million units.