About Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project:
- It is a 280 MW hydropower project located on the Dhauliganga River near Dharchula in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
- The Dhauliganga River is one of the prominent tributaries of the Alaknanda River, which is a key component of the Ganga River system.
- The project construction commenced in 2000 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2005.
- The project is currently owned by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).
- It is a run-of-river project.
- It consists of a concrete-faced rock-fill embankment dam with a height of 56 meters and a length of 315 meters.
- The hydro reservoir capacity is 6.2 million cubic meters.
- The gross head and net head of the project are 310 m and 297 m, respectively.
