The Project: BHEP Stage-2 (21MW)

Scheme at a Glance:

The project consists of construction of intake pool, headrace tunnel of size 3.6 m (wide) x 3.6 m (high), 2687.0 m long, D-Shaped terminating in a 10 m diameter surge shaft from which emerges a 2.8 m diameter steel pressure shaft having a horizontal length of 26 m, 85.00 m long vertical shaft and 8.0 m horizontal length up to the manifold. Three (3) branches would take-off from the main penstock to feed three (3) nos. horizontal axis Francis machines kept in the surface powerhouse, of 7.0 MW capacity each to generate 21.0 MW of power Net head of 81.30 m is utilised to generate 21 MW (3 X 7.0 MW) of power. All the three machines are arranged in a Underground power house located on the right bank of Budhil Nallah. After power generation, the water from the BHEP-I power house will be discharged back to Budhil Nallah via tailrace tunnel.