Decision to close Neelum Jhelum Hydel Power Station

The power station will be closed from January 10 for inspection of the tail race tunnel

Decision to close Neelum Jhelum Hydel Power Station. According to the details, Neelum Jhelum Hydel Power Station is being closed from January 10 for the inspection of tail race tunnel. According to WAPDA spokesperson, the amount of water in the rivers is very low during the low flow season and therefore the low flow season is considered the most suitable for the inspection of the hydel power station and most of the inspection of the hydel power station is done in the low flow season. goes

According to the spokesman, in the month of January, Neelum Jhelum Hydel Power Station produces an average of 90 MW of electricity. Due to the shutdown of power generation from Neelum Jhelum Hydel Power Station for the inspection of the 3 and a half kilometer long tailrace tunnel, the National Grid has only lost 90 MW. will

It may be noted that the Neelum Jhelum hydel power station was re-operationalized in August last year after being closed for a year due to technical failure.

Due to technical failure, the hydropower plant was closed for a year, causing a loss of billions of rupees to the national exchequer. The technical fault in the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project could not be removed for 14 months, cracks appeared in one of the tunnels of the power project last year. Billions of rupees were lost. A tunnel in the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project had cracked in 2022, causing the tunnel to settle.