A Uri-II power station in Baramulla district, Jammu & Kashmir, which had been shut down following a fire accident in November last year has been reinstated by the State-owned National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC). After the fire broke out at the plant in November last year, the Unit-4 is the first turbine that has been made operational. All four units of the plant were shut after the incident and the company is working on to restore remaining 3 units of the plant.
“One unit (i.e. Unit 4) of URI-II Power Station has been restored on June 15, 2015 after the fire incident occurred on November 20, 2014,” NHPC Ltd said in a BSE filing.
Located in Uri Tehsil of Baramulla District, Uri-II power station (4X 60MW) is a run-of-the-river project. The project has been designed to make use of Jhelum waters at a gross head of about 130m following the discharge of Uri-I tail water upstream. The powerhouse cavern of the plant is 133m long, 15m wide and 40m high. The powerhouse accommodates four Francis vertical turbines of 60MW capacity each. The Power station is close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The power station is designed to generate 1,124 million units in a 90 per cent dependable year.
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