KIRU HYDROPOWER PROJECT

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• Location: Kiru Hydroelectric Project is a run of the river scheme planned on river Chenab, a tributary of the Indus, in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir. 
  
  
• Bodies involved: The projects would be developed by the Chenab Valley Power Projects (CVPP)--a joint venture among National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), state power body JKSPDC and Power Trading Corporation. 
  
  
• Beneficiary States: J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan, Union territories of Chandigarh & Delhi. 
  
  
• Dam Type: Concrete gravity.