The project is being constructed by NHPC on the Jhelum River. This is the second project on Jhelum in Uri Tehsil of Baramulla district. The 480MW Uri I project was completed in 1997.
The Uri-II project has been planned immediately downstream of the Uri I project and will pick up its tail water to make use of the gross head of about 130m available in the course of the river between Uri I tailrace outlet and a place located about 1.25km downstream of the confluence of Goalta Nallah and Jhelum. The project cost is estimated to be approximately INR17.24bn.
PC Gautam, general manager of URI-II at NHPC is quoted by Press Trust of India as saying: “We are working 24×7. So far, the project is going as per schedule. We hope to complete it by February next year.”
