Below is a list of the Major Hydro Power Plants in India

Name Babail

Location Uttar Pradesh

Operator Uttar Pradesh Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd

Configuration Important Facts 2 X 1.5 MW tube The Babail minihydel project was approved in Sep 1986 and was awarded to PGM in Sep 1988 as a Rs 6.22cr turnkey project. This plant was acquired in 1996 from Maharashtra Water Resources Dept and overhauled in 1997/98 with assistance from AHEC. The Belka and Babail minihydel projects were approved in Sep 1986 and Belka was awarded to FCC and PGM in Jul 1988 as a total Rs 5.66cr project. Construction on Belka did not start until Dec 1996 after delays in securing forest clearance and land acquisition. The Chenani I&II projects in Udhampur district were inaugurated in 1971 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. They were closed on 25 Feb 2005 following a landslide that damaged a 700m diversion tunnel. Repairs were completed at a cost of Rs 8cr and the plants put back in service in Jun 2008. The dam was part of the world's largest irrigation project, known as Lloyd Barrage. This was a multipurpose scheme which was initiated in 1923 by Sir George Ambrose Lloyd, then Governor of Bombay. The project was opened in Jan 1932. NHDC is a joint venture of

Bhandardara- Maharashtra Dodson1 Lindblom Hydro Power Pvt Ltd Belka Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd

1 X 14.4 MW Francis

2 X 1.5 MW tube

Chenani-1

Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu & 5 X 4.66 MW Kashmir Power Pelton Development Corp

Bhatgar

Maharashtra Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd

1 X 16 MW Kaplan

Indira Sagar

Madhya

Narmada

8 X 125 MW

Pradesh

Hydroelectric Development Corp Ltd

Francis

NHPC and the MP government set up on 1 Aug 2000. Operations commenced in1970

Little Ranjit

West Bengal West Bengal 2 X 1 MW State Electricity Pelton Distribution Co Ltd Jammu & 2 X 500 kW Kashmir Power Francis Development Corp Uttar Pradesh Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd 3 X 10 MW Kaplan

Jammu Canal Jammu & Kashmir

This power station has been out of service since 1995

Matatila

Uttar Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir

This dam was built between 1952 and 1964 on the Betwa River in the Ganga Basin. Built on the Chenab River this power station has a 118m high, 630m long rockfill dam and a 113m high, 450m long concrete dam plus an 11m, 2,46km tailrace tunnel. The reservoir is 33km long. Project development started in 1970. This 949m long concrete gravity dam reaches a maximum height of 53m. The Annual production is expected to be 1.1 TWh. OPCL is a power company promoted by VBC Ferro Alloys Ltd. Samal uses releases from Samal Barrage reservoir on the Brahmani River.

Salal

National Hydro 6 X 115 MW Power Corp Ltd Kaplan

Omkareshwar Madhya Pradesh

Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corp Ltd

8 X 65 MW Francis

Samal

Orissa

Orissa Power 5 X 4 MW SConsortium Ltd Turbine