HP's Nathpa-Jhakri power project shut due to flood-like situation in Sutlej River
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HP's Nathpa-Jhakri power project shut due to flood-like situation in Sutlej River
India's biggest 1500 megawatt (MW) power project got shut due to flood-like situation in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla.
Nathpa-Jhakri is the largest hydropower project on the Sutlej River in northern India.
It got shut in the morning on August 12 at around 07:30 am.
The silt level at the Nathpa-Jhakri power project had increased from 5000 PPM (Parts Per Million) to 33,000 PPM due to the flood-like situation in the tributaries of Sutlaj River.
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