NHPC shuts 120-MW plant in Kathua till March

New Delhi, September 30

State-run hydro power giant National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) on Wednesday said its 120-MW Sewa-II power station in Jammu and Kashmir has been shut till March 31, 2021, due to some damage in its head race tunnel (HRT).

The HRT carries water from intake to a power house for electricity generation.

“It is to inform that Sewa-II power station (120 MW) in J&K has been under complete shutdown wef September 25, 2020 to March 31, 2021, due to damage of HRT,” the company said in a BSE filing.

The shutdown would cause tentative loss of 157.4 MUs (million units) in generation (design energy) and 35.61 per cent in NAPAF (Normative Annual Plant Availability Factor), it added.

The Sewa-II power station (3 X 40 MW) is a run-of-the-river project with a small ‘pondage’ to harness the hydro power potential of the Sewa river.

It is located in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The beneficiary states/UTs of this power station are Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan and Chandigarh. — PTI