Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project:
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging illegal dumping of muck into the Sutlej during blasting activities for the construction of the Sunni Dam hydroelectric project in Shimla district’s Sunni tehsil.
- Sunni Dam Hydro Electric Project (HEP) is a 382 MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric project.
- It is being developed on the Satluj River in the Shimla and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh.
- The project is owned by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), a collaborative venture between the government of India and the state government of Himachal Pradesh.
- Sunni HEP will involve building a concrete gravity dam across the Satluj River and an underground powerhouse on the right bank of it.
- The project will generate 1,382 million units of electricity annually.
- The project is a part of the larger Luhri HEP, which is being developed in three distinct stages along the Satluj River within the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
- The stages comprise the 210 MW Luhri Stage-1, the 172 MW Luhri Stage-II, and the 382 MW Sunni HEP.
