Community Owned, Operated & Maintained

MICRO HYDRO POWER IN REMOTE HILL AREAS

Micro Hydro Power Stations Facilitated setting up of seven units in Uttaranchal, Kargil-Ladakh and Orissa at a total cost of around Indian Rupees 10 million and benefiting 450+ families in remote mountain areas in different bio-geographical zones

• Village: Budhakedar
  Location: Medh nallah
  Capacity: 20 KW
  Beneficiaries: 40+ families
  Facilitated for: local NGO+ families
  Community contribution:
  Year: 1999
  Funding: FORRAD, New Delhi
• Village: Genwali
  Location: Genwali gad
  Capacity: 20 KW
  Beneficiaries: 65+ families Community contribution:
  Facilitated for:
  Year: 2001
  Funding: FORRAD, New Delhi
• Village: Pins war
  Location: Ter nallah
  Capacity: 20 KW
  Beneficiaries: 110+ families
  Community contribution:
  Facilitated for: Gram Vikas Panchayat Samiti, Genwali
  Year: 2004
  Funding: UNDP/GEF
• Village: Newalgaon
  Location: Medh nallah
  Capacity: 30 KW
  Beneficiaries: 45+ families
  Community contribution:
  Facilitated for: Gram Vikas Panchayat Samiti, Genwali
  Year: 2004
  Part Funding: Manzil Welfare Society, New Delhi)
• 5.Village: Medh
  Location: Medh nallah
  Capacity: 20 KW
  Beneficiaries: 80+ families
  Community contribution:
  Facilitated for: Gram Vikas Panchayat Samiti, Genwali
  Year: 2004
Kargil, Ladakh region,Jammu & Kashmir
• Village: Tiket
  Location:
  Capacity: 40 KW
  Beneficiaries: 55+ families
  Community contribution:
  Facilitated for: Government of Jammu & Kashmir & Social Work Research Centre (Tilonia)
  Year: 2004 (in 90 days)
  Funding: Government of J & K
Kalahandi, Orissa
• Village:
  Location: Amthaguda stream
  Capacity: 15 KW
  Beneficiaries: 55+ families (Amthaguda) + 40+ families (1 hamlet)
  Community contribution:
  Facilitated for: Gram Vikas (Orissa)
  Year: 2004

Himalaya map + states highlighted + pop up text for each state or text on map background of respective states

Set up in 90 days, one micro-hydro power unit of 40 KW, in TIket village (55 families), Kargil district in Ladakh region Development of dehairing-cum-carding machinefor Pashmina for community use.
Ladakh Environment and Health Organisation - using five electricity-operated dehairing- cum- carding machine at Chusot village.
Design and development of efficient spinning wheels - Foot powered and electricity operated for yarn making. Currently used for wool, pashmina, angora, mohair etc.
Families have adopted 35 numbers of these spinning wheels after first demonstration. Currently propagated in Ladakh by LEHO - Ladakh Environment and Health Organisation, Leh and LNP - Ladakh Nutrition Project, Leh Other technical support: Training local artisans on fabrication of looms, warp winders, hanks, etc. UTTARANCHAL

Setting up three micro-hydro power units of 20-kVA capacities in Balganga valley, Tehri Garhwal.
Capacity building through training of local selected persons (4 numbers) on maintenance of hydropower plants, wiring households.
Setting up Village Energy Committees for management of power stations and ensuring local participation- in villages Pinswar and Genwali.
Design and fabrication of turbines of less than 50 kVA capacity
Auto control system for hydropower station based on frequency sensing and diversion of load to heat sinks (developed in collaboration with IIT Delhi).
Design of civil structures such as weirs, gates, spillways, desilting tanks, and canals, fore bay, penstocks, and expansion joints etc.- currently being used in power stations in Uttaranchal.
Training local people on fabrication of solar water heaters. Such waters have capacities of 200,100,50 liters being used at Tripura Devi, Pithoragarh, Uttaranchal
10 highly efficient spinning wheels (designed for Ladakh) currently used at Genwali village as a part of livelihoods based on microhydropower. Five spinning wheels are being used in villages near Tripura Devi, Pithoragarh.
Designed and set up solar air heaters for drying handloom textiles, currently being used at Tripura Devi, Pithoragarh.
Designing workshop/processing facility for local fabrication of steel components, solar water heaters, wool processing machines etc.- set up at Tripura Devi, Pithoragarh.

Skill development for processing angora fibres at community level for Handloom and Handicraft Department, Government of Sikkim.
Blending of angora with merino at community level and manufacture of blended yarn at the community level-current programme (year 2003)
10 numbers of highly efficient spinning wheels (designed for Ladakh) being used by the Handlooms and Handicraft Department for training instructors Training of Trainers from Sikkim Handlooms & Handicrafts Department by Trained Instructors from Uttaranchal project (4 months)