Rampur

Current Status: At Validation (as of Jan 2010)

SJVN: well equipped to develop the Rampur project?
Questions to the World Bank regarding the Indian dam building company Sutley Jal Vidyut Nigam

The World Bank is considering financing the Rampur hydropower project in India’s Northern State of Himachal Pradesh. Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN, formerly the Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation) is planning to develop this project. SJVN has in the past only executed one hydropower project in India, the Nathpa Jhakri project, also partly financed by the World Bank. The 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri project suffered from severe project design and implementation failures, resulting in acute cost and time overruns.

River Sutlej makes its way to Rampur Busher in Himachal Pradesh (Himanshu Joshi)

The Government of India is planning to build the 412 MW Rampur Hydropower Project in Himachal Pradesh with support from the World Bank. The Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests granted an environmental clearance to the project in March 2006.