Satluj
Landslides downstream of the 300 MW Baspa project constructed in Sangla Valley of Kinnaur. Pic Date : 28/05/2014
1200 MW Karchham Wangtoo project which the Jaypee group recently sold along with its Baspa project for 9700 cr to the JSW group
Tunnel leakage near Power House of Jaypee Karcham Wangtoo HEP. Pic Date : 15/08/2013
Power House of 775 MW Luhri HEP at Marola village. Pic Date : 16/12/2010
Beas
The power house of the under construction 800 MW Parbati-II Hydro Power Project. This ambitious project planes to bring the water of Parbati river from Pulga village 35 kms away. Pic Date : 24/02/2014
The 4.8 MW Aleo II hydro project situated between village Aleo and Prini now in a dismantled state. The reservoir of the newly built Aleo II exploded during its very first trial run on January 12, 2014. Pic Date : 27/02/2014
The back water of the Larji Project extends up to Aut and beyond till the confluence of Sainj and Tirthan rivers at Larji village. The deference between the color of the two rivers is indicative of the absence/ presence of construction activities going on in the two valleys. While the clear turquoise blue waters of The Tirthan show that there is little siltation upstream, the turbid waters of the Sainj speaks about the volume of silt coming into the stream as a result of heavy construction for hydro power projects. Pic Date : 25/02/2014
This 66 MW project is going to submerge agriculture fields and grazing lands in 2 districts of Hamirpur & Kangra. If constructed, this dam along with 2 others planed upstream will spell death for the last stretch of the free flowing Beas. Pic Date : 12/06/2013
Ravi
Dumping of much by the Chamera III project at Luna village. Pic Date : 05/03/2008
Dumping of much into the Ravi by Chamera III at Dharawala. Pic Date : 05/03/2008
In April 2012 there was a massive leakage in the 16km HRT of the 231 MW, Chamera III project just above the Mokhar village in Chamba district leading to severe threat to the village downhill so much so that the 40 families residing there had to be evacuated. Shri Jagdish Sharma standing in front of the debris of his leftover house after the leakage tragedy . Pic Date : 29/04/2014
Site of the 36 MW Chanju project in Churah tehsil which has met with local opposition for the damages caused. Pic Date : 28/09/2014
View of the Giri Ganga Valley. Pic Date : 22/02/2009
Yamuna (1)
Commercially thriving agricultural will be affected as fields are submerged due to Renuka Dam. Pic Date : 24/02/2009
The dam site for 660 MW Kishau hydropower project proposed on River Tons, the largest tributary of the Yamuna bordering both Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The Kishau dam is being envisaged as the second highest dam after Tehri in India. Pic Date : 12/10/2013
Construction work at Sawra Kuddu
Chenab
Dam site for Jispa dam project near Dracha village, Lahaul. Pic Date : 22/06/2011
Power house site of the proposed SELI project which is going to affect the udaipur region of Lahaul. Pic Date : 26/08/2014
Bridge on the Chandra river to be submerged by the Seli HEP Date : 06/06/2012
Floods and avalanches in the Miyar Valley of Lahaul will pose a greater threat once hydropower projects are constructed. Pic Date : 27/08/2014
The Himdhara Team put together a photo exhibition for the India River’s Week 2014 titled ‘Disappearing Lifelines of India’s Hydro State’. The exhibition highlights the impacts of operations, under-construction and planned Hydro projects in the five river basins of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh is India’s largest hydropower producing state and has a planned potential of about 23000 MW. The costs of this development are being borne by the Himalayan River Basins.
