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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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Special Supplements

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...

Upper Sindh-I: Completely Indigenous

The indigenously built power station has never stopped working with returns of several times the investment made in constructing the project, making some to...

Lower Jhelum: Before It Roars

After traversing most of Kashmir, the Jhelum leaves the Vale generating the cheapest bulk energy at Gantamula, reports Sameer Yasir The Lower Jhelum Hydel Power...

A first for Ladakh

The first hydel power project in Ladakh continues to provide 24-hour supply to a small population for nine months of the year. Shams Irfan ...

Reviving A Symbol

For the youngsters, the Mall powerhouse at Bhaderwah might be just a few years old. But the fact is that implementation of this project...

For a mini Population

SUMOOR 1993 A major part of the energy needs of Nubra Valley are met by Sumoor mini hydel project, however, its freezing cold puts the...

A Design Perfected

Using the same resource again and again is a good idea. The PDC has done a fine job by running three power stations on...

The Ganderbal Lights

Quite a few machines, having outdated and obsolete technology and no spares and knowledge support, have run for 57 years without interruption. That is...

The Mohra Marvel

Horse-carts drove the American turbines as the Afghan, Balti, and Punjabi labour force working under British engineers fought intermittent cholera attacks to create India’s...

IWT: Let The Treaty Survive, Updated

Amid demands of its abrogation and claims of massive losses to the state economy, J&K government has appointed a consultant to quantify the impact...

The Resource

The Indus Water Treaty has given Islamabad rights over three J&K rivers – Chenab, Indus and Jhelum with an average flow of 135 million...

Empowering Jammu and Kashmir

Eight reporters and lensmen travelled more than 5,000 km across remote belts in Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu for 15 days to cover 24 powerhouses....