A Treaty on the Brink? India’s Suspension of the IWT and the Case for Cooperative Transboundary Water Governance » Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project
The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant is part of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power scheme in azad Kashmir Pakistan, designed to divert water from the Neelum River to a power station on the Jhelum River. The power station is located 42 km (26 mi) south of Muzaffarabad, and has an installed capacity of 969 MW. Construction on the project began in 2008 after a Chinese consortium was awarded the construction contract in July 2007. After delay of many years, the first generator was commissioned in April 2018 and the entire project was completed in August 2018 when the fourth and last unit was synchronized with the national grid on 13 August and attained its maximum generation capacity of 969 MW on 14 August 2018. It will generate 5,150 GWh (gigawatt hour) per year at the levelised tariff of Rs 13.50 per unit for 30 years.
