PM maynot visit Uri project during Kashmir visit Srinagar / The Uri Hydel project, whose second phase (240MW) was scheduled to have been inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir beginning June 25,is now not expected to be on his itinerary. The power project being built by the state-run National Hydel Power Corporation (NHPC), which was to have been operationalised after being inaugurated by the Prime Minister, is believed to have hit alast minute snag in its functioning during trial runs. The NHPC,during the trial runs, found alot of slit near head as well as at the rear tunnel during the mandatory pre-testing on June 18 ahead of aVVIP visit, according to sources today. The project, second on river Jhelum in Uri town, is located downstream of 480-MW Uri-I. Uri-II would have helped NHPCto increase its hydropower generation capacity to 1,920MW in Jand K from five projects in the state. The other four projects are 690-MWSalal, 480-MW Uri-I, 390-MWDulhasti and 120-MW Sewa-II. NHPCofficials when contacted about the reported snag refused to comment. However, some NHPCofficials claimed that since the local population in the border town of Uri, located in North Kashmir, wanted job opportunities they would have attempted to disrupt the VVIP visit. The Prime Minister, who is scheduled to arrive in Udhampur on June 25,would be visiting Kishtwar where he will lay the foundation stone of the 850MW Ratle Hydel power project on river Chenab at Drabshala. Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi will address apublic rally at Kishtwar before flying to Srinagar where the Prime Minister will be meeting ahost of political and business delegations.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:23:01 +0000
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