📋 Tender Overview
Scope : To Construct 540 MW Kwar hydroelectric project in the Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir.
The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to invest Rs 4,526.12 crore to construct 540 MW Kwar hydroelectric project in Jammu & Kashmir. Cabinet has approved construction of 540 Megawatt Kwar Hydro Electric project at a cost of Rs 4,526.12 crore. It was informed that the project will generate 1,975.54 million units of electricity in a 90 per cent dependable year. It will be commissioned in 54 months
It will provide direct and indirect employment to about 2,700 persons. The project will come up on river Chenab in the Kishtwar district of Jammu & Kashmir. It will be implemented by Chenab Valley Power Projects Ltd. Chenab Valley Power Projects Ltd is a Joint Venture Company between NHPC (51 per cent) and JKSPDC (49 per cent), formed at the initiative of the Jammu & Kashmir government and the Centre to harness the vast hydro potential of river Chenab.
On May 2022, NHPC has awarded main civil works of 540 MW Kwar Hydro Electric project over Chenab River in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir.
Patel Engineering has bagged the main civil work package of hydro electric project worth Rs 2,461 crore. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, had recently approved an investment of Rs 4,526.12 crore for Kwar Hydro Electric Project. The project shall generate 1975.54 million units in a 90 percent dependable year.
