Micro hydel project

India / Himachal Pradesh / Manali /
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A micro hydel project about 3 kms from Patlikuhal.


"The Baragaon HEP is a run of the river development on Sanjoin Nallah, a tributary of river Beas, located near Baragaon village nearly 30 kms from Kullu in Distt. Kullu of H.P. ( This scheme is upstream of Baragaon SHP allotted by Him Urja). The project is connected by a motorable road from Patlikuhal connecting NH-21. The proposed Baragaon HEP comprises of two trench weirs on Sanjoin and Bijora nallahs at El. 2120 m with discharge drawing capacities of 4.58 cumecs and 2.5 cumecs respectively, an interconnecting channel (between two weirs) with RCC box section of 1.25 m x 1.75 m to convey a discharge of 3.44 cumecs, a surface desilting tank comprising of two chambers, a head race channel 1.5mx2m RCC box section, 1.95 km long designed to carry 4.25 cumecs discharge, a surface fore- bay with 1300 cum capacity, a surface single penstock 1.1m dia 620 m long and a surface power house on the right bank of Sanjoin nallah with two vertical axis pelton wheel driven generating units of 5.25 MW each with total installed capacity of 10.5 MW utilizing a gross head of 320 m. A 30 m long 1.80 m x 2.25 m box section tail race channel discharging the water back into Sanjoin Nallah has been proposed." - www.hpseb.com/proj1.htm
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Coordinates:   32°7'50"N   77°8'50"E
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