Rongnichu Hydroelectric Project East Sikkim (96MW)

Client:- Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Ltd.

The Rongnichu Hydroelectric Project (96MW), located in the East District of Sikkim envisages utilizing the flows of the Rongnichu, a tributary of the Teesta River, for the generation of electrical power as a run-of-river hydropower development.
Salient Features of the Rongni Chu Hydro-Electric Project
  • 1) Barrage - 16.00M High above River bed level
  • 2) HRT - 12.58 KM long
  • 3) Surge Shaft - 88M deep,10.00 M finished Dia
  • 4) Adits (0,1,2,28 & 3) - 1860.47 m.
  • 5) Vertical Shaft - 318M Deep, 3 M finished Dia.
  • 6) Lower Horizontal pressure shaft - 975M Long.
  • 7) Upper Horizontal pressure shaft - 160.80M long.