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At a time when winter conditions are severely affecting power production in Uttarakhand, the state-run UJVN Ltd’s 198 Mw Ramganga hydel project has started producing electricity thanks to Uttar Pradesh for releasing water into the power house’s main canal.
In view of the growing needs of the hill state, the production has also been started from the Ramganga Hydroelectric Project as part of efforts by the management of UJVNL Ltd to increase power generation in winters, a statement by the company said.
Giving details, UJVN ltd Managing Director Dr Sandeep Singhal said that the Ramganga project has been built primarily for the irrigation facilities of Uttar Pradesh. This year, the management of UJVNL kept on talking and requesting the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department to release water into the canal. Due to the meaningful efforts of the management, the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department started releasing water in the canal from December 2 and the project has started power generation from the same day.
Dr. Singhal said since Dec 5, the project has been continuously producing 2.5 to 3.0 million units of electricity.
At the end of November, the daily production of the company’s power plants had come down to 7 million units per day. After the production by the Ramganga project, the production has now increased to 10.38 million units per day by Dec 8, Dr Singhal said.
At the time of peak demand, the company’s projects are producing electricity at a capacity of 850 to 900 MW. Expressing gratitude to the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department, Dr. Singhal said that the increased production will not only help in meeting the state’s electricity needs in winters but will also help in saving the state’s revenue.
As soon as winters start, production from most of the projects of UJVNL Limited starts decreasing. These projects of the company are dependent on the water of rivers originating from glaciers and in the months from November to March, due to snowfall and severe cold in the high Himalayan region, the water discharge of these rivers decreases.