NHPC restores 3rd unit of Uri-II power station in J&K

State-owned NHPC has restored one more unit of the Uri-II power station in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
With this, three of the four units of the Uri-II power station are now operational after being shut following a fire incident in November last year.
"One more unit (i.E. Unit- 3) of Uri-II power station has been restored on July 12, 2015 after the fire incident of November 20, 2014," NHPC said in a BSE filing.
Unit-4 and Unit-1 of the plant were restored on June 15 and June 17 respectively.
Uri-II power station (4X 60MW) is a run-of-the-river project located in Uri Tehsil of Baramulla District.

The project is designed to make use of Jhelum waters at a gross head of about 130m following the discharge of Uri-I tail water upstream.
The powerhouse cavern of the plant is 133m long, 15m wide and 40m high. It accommodates four Francis vertical turbines of 60MW capacity each.
The power station is close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and is designed to generate 1,124 million units in a 90 per cent dependable year.