Some Respite
To reach Hunder village, one has to pass through the famous cold desert of Nubra Valley where the double-humped camels roam freely along a...
A Marathon Struggle
Once termed to be the ‘juggler vein of Kashmir’, Baghlihar symbolizes an achievement that has laid a strong foundation for the state’s future forays...
Feeding on Tiger Hill
The second coldest inhabited place is provided electricity from a mini hydel project that runs for six months in a year. Shams Irfan reports.
With...
In Batalik Sector
After travelling through lifeless mountains for around three hours and covering and distance of about 100 kilometres from Kargil town, one reaches a small...
The Leh Line
Located on the Leh – Manali road on the left bank of Indus River Igo Mercellong is the backbone of power to Leh as...
Small Steps
Ecological considerations slowed down Pahalgam mini power project for long, now that two units are up and running the PDC is adding up a...
In Basholi’s Sewa
The project suffers for lack of dependable evacuation system. Now PDC will use NHPC transmission line to improve yields from Sewa. A Kashmir Life report.
Tapping...
Getting double boost
The project is situated in Sani Zanskar village on Haftal nalla, a tributary of Zanskar River. Completed at a cost of rupees 422.05 lac...
No Fear of Cold
Bazgo is the only power project in the arid Ladakh desert that is functional in winter but shuts down during springs to spare water...
Back on Track
Fiddling with the design proved costly for the USHP-2 but renewed efforts are bringing the project back on track. A Kashmir Life report.
Almost a...
Haveli Power House
The only person that knows the exact address of the power house in Poonch is the postman because he delivers letters to the residents...
Kashmir’s First Private Power Producer
Muddasar Mir did his MBA from Fordham University in New York in 2003 and flew back to take over the Magpie Hydel Construction Operation...
Station downtown
Located at the centre of the town, Iqbal Mini Hydel Project is the main source of electricity in Kargil district. Prior to Iqbal the...
The Big Brother
Takeover of Salal launched the NHPC. Three decades after, its four operational projects have a cumulative installed capacity of 1680 MW. Of the five...
Lighting up LoC
The 2-MW power project at Karnah has run into rough weathers at least twice, now the PDC is up-rating it to 12-MW generation, finds...
