Deputy Commissioners of Udhampur and Ramban, along with a team of senior officers of the twin districts, visited the headquarters of the Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project here at Tanger on Wednesday to take stock of progress made on the 1,800 MW project — which is going to be the biggest hydropower utility in Jammu and Kashmir.
The delegation, as per an official statement, was led by Deputy Commissioner Udhampur Minga Sherpa and Deputy Commissioner Ramban, Muhammad Alyas Khan.
They were accompanied by Assistant Commissioner Revenue and Collector, Sawalkote Project, Shokat Hayat Mattoo, Divisional Forest Officer, Udhampur, Sandeep Divyajyoti Behera and District Mining Officer, Udhampur, Sunil Sharma along with besides other revenue and police officials.
Head of Project, Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, Satnam Singh, briefed them at length on the current status of work. He briefed about overall development of the project, key infrastructure components, status of dam and access tunnels and roads. He also laid out the project’s forward roadmap, outlining the sequence of regulatory milestones ahead — beginning with anticipated approval from the Public Investment Board (PIB), to be followed by clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), after which tenders for the project are to be opened.
