BHOPAL: Despite the odds including Pakistan’s opposition to its operation, the 330-MW Kishanganga Hydroelectric Plant in Kashmir is likely to be commissioned by this year-end, a top NHPC executive said here today.
“We are hopeful of commissioning the Kishanganga project by November or December,” National Hydroelectric Power Corporation chairman and Managing Director, KM Singh told PTI.
He was here to take part in the Foundation Day celebrations of NHDC, a joint venture of Madhya Pradesh Government and NHPC.
Singh said the cost of the project has gone up to Rs 5,500 crore “due to different reasons” from initial estimate of Rs 3,900 crore.
The CMD said the project was supposed to be commissioned by January this year, but got delayed by a few months.
He conceded that NHPC faced “hard conditions” due to Pakistan’s opposition and the militancy problem in the Valley. (AGENCIES)
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