Onlykashmir.in News Desk
The visiting media delegation from Kerala travelled to Baramulla district in north Kashmir on the third day of its ongoing press tour of Jammu and Kashmir, gaining first hand exposure to some of the region’s most significant hydropower infrastructure at the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation’s Uri projects.
The delegation visited both NHPC Uri-I and NHPC Uri-II, two of the flagship hydroelectric installations that harness the Jhelum river’s flow along the Line of Control belt to feed power into the northern grid. At Uri-I, Head of Project K. Vaitheeswaran welcomed the journalists and provided a detailed overview of the ongoing works under Stage-II of the project, briefing the delegation on the various activities and developmental milestones currently underway at the site, an expansion effort that reflects the continuing importance placed on augmenting hydropower capacity in the Kashmir valley.
The delegation subsequently moved to NHPC Uri-II, where Head of Project Rajendra Kumar received the team and outlined the project’s power generation capabilities along with its broader contribution to meeting the country’s growing energy requirements. Officials at the site walked journalists through the technical and operational dimensions of the plant, situating Uri-II’s output within the national context of India’s push to expand clean, renewable hydropower generation as part of its wider energy security and decarbonisation goals.
As part of the visit, the journalists also inspected the dam structures directly, gaining a closer understanding of the functioning and operational mechanics of the hydroelectric installations, from water intake and turbine operations to the broader engineering considerations involved in running large scale hydropower projects in a seismically active, mountainous terrain such as north Kashmir.
Later in the day, the delegation proceeded to Kaman Post, a location of considerable symbolic significance along the Line of Control, and also had a view of Aman Setu, the bridge historically associated with cross border trade and travel initiatives between India and Pakistan. The visit to these sites offered the journalists a broader sense of the geography and history that shape life in Baramulla’s border areas, beyond the purely infrastructural focus of the day’s earlier engagements.
The seven day press tour, organised by the Press Information Bureau, Kochi, continues to give journalists from Kerala the opportunity to undertake first hand coverage of development initiatives, infrastructure projects and achievements across Jammu and Kashmir, with the Baramulla leg offering a close look at the energy sector’s contribution to the Union Territory’s broader development story.
